According Blackvoices.com, 80’s rapper Roxanne Shante recently revealed that she is living with breast cancer. While most women that are dealt such a blow are given unconditional support after such a heavy diagnosis, Roxanne Shante (real name Lolita Shante Gooden), is instead being questioned about her supposed condition.

An April 2009 article was published about Gooden in the New York Daily News, where she claimed that she forced her record label to fund her education, allowing her to receive her Ph.D. from Cornell University. The move was said to have cost the label $217,000.

After the article, Gooden was lauded as a hero that finally stuck it to the music industry, which is well known for cheating its artists. Not long after the article was published, the whole story was debunked when Slate.com discredited the whole thing as a hoax. The truth, as reported by Slate.com, is Gooden has no degree at all. Moreover, she is not licensed to practice any kind of psychology, nor is she authorized to treat any kind of patient.

Now, Roxanne took the liberty of telling Blackvoices.com about her supposed illness. The only problem this time, is that this story goes against common sense and medical practicality.

An excerpt from the aforementioned interview reads as follows:

In March, I noticed a lump in my left breast, rather small at the time and didn’t really know what I was feeling. So instead of going straight to the doctor’s office, I started asking friends their opinion and trying to go by their experiences. It was such a stupid move. Well, I figured I was just getting older. A hysterectomy in my early thirties led me to believe that I would be fine. Another stupid move.

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