The R&B singer shared the update during an episode of Tamron Hall. Hall introduced the news to the audience, and Nivea became emotional as she described how quickly her condition changed.
She said the medicine has worked, but the treatment and related symptoms have required real adjustments. Nivea also stressed that she wasn’t complaining because she knows many patients face harder outcomes. During the new television appearance, Nivea explained that she understood the medication’s success rate but still knew every patient’s response could be different. That made the remission finding difficult for her to believe only months after the original diagnosis.
The update is a major development from the diagnosis she first disclosed in July on Cadillac Chronicles. Her representative later identified the illness as chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML, a cancer that begins in blood-forming cells inside bone marrow. At the time, she said treatment was progressing well and that she was returning to music. Nivea’s catalog includes the R&B records “Don’t Mess With My Man,” “Laundromat,” and “Okay.” She has continued to identify music and motherhood as central parts of her life while navigating treatment.