SZA Sparks Discussion on Black Women Focusing on Their Health [Video]

SZA has become a role model and inspiration for countless fans. The personal nature of her music offers a glimpse into her emotional struggles and life experience. Of course, not every important story can fit into a song: The Grammy winner recently appeared on the “S.H.E. MD” podcast to discuss how she’s dealing with her family’s history of breast cancer.

According to PEOPLE, the “SOS” artist revealed that her mother was diagnosed with the disease, her aunt had a mastectomy and that “she has a 53 percent lifetime risk” of getting breast cancer. She explained that it wasn’t something she contemplated until she went to get breast implants and had to be treated for “fibrosis — the thickening and scarring of connective tissue — in her breasts.”

“When I got my boobs done, my doctor took out some of my fibrosis, …