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Every year, one in six American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The former lead singer of the Gap Band, Charlie Wilson, is now cancer-free, but is promoting awareness.
Charlie Wilson is known for singing R&B hits, but he also wants to remind men about the importance of getting regular prostate checkups.
Wilson was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. "When the doctor told me I had prostate cancer I saw my whole career in the trash can," said the singer.
According to Dr. Willie Underwood, III, Roswell Park Urologic Oncologist, African-American men are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and twice as likely to die and that is shame."
Wilson told a crowd at Roswell Park "we (men) are ashamed of the exam, it'd be senseless to die of shame."
Wilson wears his signature hat in concert and it is sold at his shows. Half of the proceeds go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
