Muni Long has revealed she was faced with her own mortality during a private health battle. The Grammy-award winning singer, 37, who is best known for her songs "Hrs & Hrs" and "Made For Me" has opened up about her struggles. The star, who has also penned massive global hits for other artists, revealed on Good Morning America that she underwent a double lung transplant after her early exit from Brandy and Monica’s The Boy Is Mine Tour.
Speaking to co-anchor Robin Roberts, Long detailed her health struggles during the 2025 tour. “I should have never taken that tour. But there was so much going on in my life where I had to do it," Long, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2014, said.
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissues and organs. It causes widespread inflammation that can damage the skin, joints, blood cells, kidneys, lungs, and heart, according to the NHS.
The US singer was informed by doctors that she only had one week to live without the surgery. She explained following her tour exit, she went home for Thanksgiving, before waking up in hospital.
"I knew for a really long time that something was wrong. Every day I’m, like, spitting in cups and coughing all the time. Trying to take all these medicines to get through the day. With this industry, you’re always in people’s faces. So, I’m taking pictures, and I’m just huffing and puffing like I just ran a marathon,” she said.
Long then received the grim prognosis from a team of doctors, who told her she only had one week to live.
“My jaw dropped. Literally. I was like, ‘That's rude.’ But they were kind of like, ‘This is not a joke. You need to make a choice. You can either go to hospice or you can get these lungs,’" she recalled.
The performer underwent the operation nearly six months ago and is now feeling better.
"Tomorrow is my last appointment for all the things,” Long said. “No symptoms. Asymptomatic. No infections. None of that. Then I have my vocal checkup, six months will be in August because I had to have vocal surgery, as well.”
Long released a new single called “The Riches,” which was the last music she recorded before her health complications. “My voice now is totally different. It's actually better, should I say? But I don't know that I can perform yet. They gave me six months to a year,” the singer confirmed.
