Jeremih shares details of fight for life against COVID-19, new album with Chance The Rapper

R&B singer's exclusive interview about his recovery, his new projects with Chance the Rapper, and his hopes for the future

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Thursday, December 24, 2020
Jeremih shares details of fight for his life against COVID-19
After his weeks-long battle with COVID-19, Chicago R&B singer Jeremih is opening up about the fight of his life for the first time on camera.

CHICAGO -- After his weeks-long battle with COVID-19, R&B singer Jeremih is opening up about the fight of his life for the first time on camera.

The Chicago native said in his 33 years of living, he had never once been treated in the hospital and considered himself to be very healthy. But everything changed in November, when he was placed in ICU due to COVID-19. He said he wasn't sure when, and at times if, he would make it out alive.

A Grammy-nominated singer, producer and artist, Jeremih is used to making headlines for his songs and talent, not for his health, and certainly not because he was fighting for his life against COVID-19.

"It's very real," he said. "I had to go through it and I would hate for anyone else to have to go through it as well."

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