Grammy-nominated singer Nivea has leukemia. The 44-year-old R&B artist was speaking on an episode of Cadillac Chronicles on Tuesday, when she revealed she has been undergoing treatment. “Well, first of all, I was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year, and I’m so grateful to God,” she said. “I’ve been going through treatment, and everything is going great so far. And I expect it to continue. Amen, amen, amen.” The “Laundromat” singer added, “It’s so cliché to say you don’t know the time nor the hour, but it’s true, and it just helped me put a lot of things in perspective, and I live in gratitude, like, religiously, and I’m just grateful for everything.” In the YouTube series Cadillac Chronicles, artists are driven around as they perform their hits and talk about life with host Brian Freeman. Nivea didn’t reveal any more details about her diagnosis but told Freeman, “I’m doing things I wanna do. I’m definitely back into my music, and I’m going to school for audio engineering. I’ve always wanted to learn how to engineer, and mixing engineering in particular.”
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