of life." stay tuned. our special look at a battle against prostate cancer is up next. captions me poible by the u.s. department of education and central city productions, inc. ♪ ♪ ♪ this ek on a special ♪ healthier lives are our "slice g ♪ ♪ he's done it again. there goes my baby can be added to the long list of hits fo charlie wilson. wilson and his two brothers' rise to fame began in the late 1970s when the gap band became one of e mt popular groups in r&b with classic hits including "bn rubber on me,"

outstandi outstanding. scoring big hits with songs like -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> which w produced by r. kelly and of course wilson's latest, co-written by legendary hitmaker babyface. i caught u with the tulsa, oklahoma, aetnaive in new york city where we talked about the upand downs of his reer, how he almost lost it all, incding his fe, and the new life and death battle he's fighting for himself and others. charlie wilson, good to see you, man. >> good to e you, too, n. >> before we get into the history of charlie wilson the i want to ask you something, and i mean this with all due you are no longer apring chicken. now this newalbum. >>es. >> really is contemporary music. >> yes. >> tre are a lot of guys who yr age could not pull this off. what makes charlie wilson able to do that? >> first of all, i never stopp

beliing in myself. that's number one, and i have ways had a dream, and i believe in my dreams a i go for my dreams, you know what i'm saying? and hip-hop h embraced me and has been that for me for many ars. so i've been able to transcend and bridge gaps since1995. >> hip-hop has embraced wilson. in fact, there an entire generation that ces him as an influencfrom snoop dog to r. kelly, many pay homag to the he's even earned a nickname fm this crew, uncle charlie. >> back in the day, did you know the influence you had? >> no. no i'm jus singing and hing fu that's all i love to do. you know, iis just -- this is at i le to do and i sing om the bottom of my heart. i had no clue that i was touchinghis many yousters, you know what i'm saying? at tt time, no.

>> one of the things the gap band did and you said it, i was singing and having fun. >> yes. >> it just seemed if you ever went to gap band concert and ev just listened to the record translate, you c tell that you doing this thing. are having fun was it as much fun ait seemed? there is the biness side of it. >> well, duringhat time we tried to keep it as much fun as we could besides that particular record company just taking everything that we had, you know what i'm saying? smile and go to the stage with a smile because that part of it is what we loved to do. weo loved to be in the studio, that part of it, too, but t being able to get anything from that and then when we went to e stage, when we finished thate didn't get any of that. so it was really hard. it was definely hard for us then.

weere robbed in every way. >> music was released from the gap five, through six,even -- all of those recor were music from the cans. we had nothing to do with any of that music. it looked like we had taken a nosedive from drugs and alcohol. now we were on drugs and alcohol, but we weren't in the stio, either. you seehat i'm saying? they wereeleasing gap 6 and gap 7 and those were all outtakes that we tk down so when we started butti heads about the money and they were, like, i don't care we ha plenty of songs and they started releasing records and they made us look real bad and it wasan go. >> while fighting executives, the music of the business took its toll on the band. it was the brothers' indulgence with drugs a alcohol. which not almostnded their careers, it almost cost him his life. >> when i was in my lowest in

the streets and alleys hollywood -- >> literally. >> literally. i never,ver stoed praying. i have god don't let the devil kill me out here because i still want to do something else. i asked him for that d, you know, t scripture says ask and you shalbe given. don't let the devil kill me out here. i wasiterally -- if youan picture this. three shopping carts wrapped in hefty bags, a cinder blo republic for my pillow and a piece of carpet for my bed and that's how i slept. yeah. >> charlie, how many days or were you even able - were you even functioning enough to say i'm charlie wilson. i'm not suppod to be re. >> i sai it every day. i said i every single day. however, i had no place to go.

not in los angeles, you know? homeless people took ce of me you know? it was -- i had --y brothers and i, we had literally nothing really because everything was taken from. >> what about the personal side -- not the business side, t th personal side of chaie wilson. you?disappointed were you in cause i knew that -- >> because you have a gift that many do not have >> first of all, my father is a minister, myother with with the oklahoma of northwest for 40 years. we comeut of the church. i knew that even just drugs and alcoho period was want an option, period. we come froa home that didn't alw any of that. garette smoking, blues, no blues in the house, no r&b in the house. you knowhat i'm saying. i s very, very disappointed in myself

the way i looked. my cousin cam to me and said, she just broke down and started crying and said oh, my god, co, give me a hit. she said i've been cle for three ars. you've got to any in. you've got to come in. you're going to die out here. iad to have somebody that would be a rock and an ahor for me because if not, i'd be dead already. ♪ ♪ it's the chevy spring event. and everyone deserves a r they can countn. one that's backed by a 10000 mile powertrain rranty. and named a consumers digest best buy, two years in row. discover malibu for yourself and see why over a thousand people a day ar switching c chevy. during t spring event, qualified lessees now get a 27-month, low mileage lease on this

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come to my office. i wento her office and we started talking and she said, where are you going to go when you leave here? i broke right ther i broke down i started, from thatoment i started coming inouch with my own feings, you know what i'm saying? i sa i don't have anywhere to go, basically. she says, are you serious about being clean and sober? i said oh, man, i want this now. i only have 14 dayleft now. the first couple of weeks i was just, you know, so i began to go to classes a stuffnd tried to get the tools that i needed for the rest of my life. like i said, only have 14 days. so she says, this lady says okay, i'll buy you a house. she said if you have nowhere to go il buy you a house. so she got me a pass and took me

looking for a house. >> found a house, like three, four or five bedrooms, three-car garage. i said i don't have any furniture. e said okay, we'll gnext we and buy you some furniture andhe next week she gote another pass andilled the whole place up with furniture. i said i don't have a car and i was looking at her benz. she's, like, i'm sorry, i can't get you a car because your subconscious will probly take you back to some dr dealer's house or some places you've already been and where you will use your drug so i kind understood thatnd then my first gap band show, lean and sor," i had to get a pas and i asked her to go with me, and she went with me, and i asked her to marry me, man. i said i have to have somebod

that would be a rock and an anchoror me because if not, i'd be dead alread she said if i go with you that means i'm going to ve to quit my job and i'll have to be with you ery day for theest of your life. i was, like, i'm ready for that. >> charlie, people are going to say,as this a marriage of convenience? was it a marage of lo? s it a marriage of both? wh was it? >> first of all, she was the only one w came to my rescue and i was loong that the woman who straight out jus showed me so mh love. the ladi was with before i hit the streets, i thought i led her, but she was the one who gave me the dope. i immiately -- my heart spoke to me and said this is the woman that you need to have i prayed to god ande said this ishe woman. >> 15 years after their marrge,maen, the former

head of the center continues to be the head of his life >> every year my wifeas insisted ome going to the doctor and gting a blood test. sohis last time she -- i was doing aoutine, annualheckup like i normall do and she insisted i get a ps attest, and i did. now, a normal prostate exam the results would be 000, you know? my tests cameack 3.9. so my doctor was a little concerned. they said, we want to do another test on you next month. this was the latter part of july the first test. so in august, i took another test. now the one-point jumpwithin 30 days was way too high. so when i got to the specialt h these numbs, man. i want to do a biopsy on you. they did a opsy, and he

called me into his office and he said i've got some good news and which one do you want to hear i said give me the bad news first. he said, charlie, you have prostate cancer and at that moment my heart hit the floor, my face hithe floor. everything that i loved i thoughi wt out t window, that i thought. i looked at my wife and she looked at me and said okay. what's the good news? he sd the gd new is we've -- this is an earl stage, and i've beenoing this for 30 years and i think we can get this. >> wilson has undergone radiation seed implantation and sa his prognosis is promising. he thanks god and says had he not gone to the doctor he would no be here. the singe says his goal now is to inform others. one in threefrican-american men wil be -- will devop

proste cancer. that's just -- that's how it is. that's what's going to happen, and i you d't want to die because you ain't been to the doctor, you have to go get a checkup. just go get the ps attest. i'm telling you, brother, it's worth it. early detection is e key. we lost 28,500 men las year. that's staggering, man. those numbers are way too high, d you on eye want to say to you brothers, you have to know your famy history because, tell my father, and my father dn't tell me. and it's too late for him.cer he's inospice. you need to go to the door. >> finally, after all of the battles within the industry, the struggle with addiction and his rrent fight against cancer, i wondered how he felt tt se 30 years later h music is stillrelevant, popular and loved.

>> now that really is amazing me. 35, 30 years or whatever it is later, it's incredle. it's inedible.the sound can fit. that's a lovely gif ♪ ♪ ♪ up next charlie wilson isn't the only man drawing awareness to prostate cancer. we'll meet two doctors who made their careerdealing with it. ♪ ♪ it's the chevy spring ent. and everyone deserves a car, truck, or crossover they can count on. ke these consumers digest be buy and all backed by a 100,000 discover for yourself, and see why over a thousand people a day are switching chevy. durg the spring event, qualified lessees now get a 27 month, low mileage lease on ts malibu ls for around $199 a month. call f details. the switch to evy starts at chevy dealer dot com.

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black counity. afrin-american men are 6% me likely to develop the disease compared to whiteen and two and a half more times likely to die from it. each year in the united states, approximately220,000 men are diagnosed with this disease and up unt recently,ppromately 27,000 of those men will lose their lives to prostate cancer. >> prostate cancer, by a large, is a silent killer. can do or any man, for that n matter is to have regular chk-upwith their primary care psician or even your urologist and that includes a prostate exanation and a psa. getting at age 50. >> age is the number one risk factor. it occurs more often in men 65 and above, but it does occur i symptoms include frequen or

burning urinion, pain and stiffness in the lower back and >> if you've been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer some of the tip i would suggest is number on find out what all your options are. okay? try not to be steered int a particar option. most of the time patients are going to have more than one choice, not all of th time,ut most of thetime. you wil have at least two choices. number two, doour own homework. there are lot of resources like the amecan cancer society. you can go online and find out about the different treatment options. i encourage my patients to get second opinions just so they can find out if there are any other options that i'm misng and then talk it over with yo family. >> wle there are a numr of treatments to try and combat t diase, many wonder is there a way to prevent it. >> it's always a low-fat diet d certain supplents may mitigate against your risk and the jury is still out and when patients ask me that very same

estion. iell them, really, there's no one thing that i n really say that's going to rede your risk >> colin we, harry belafonte and as you heard earlie singer arlie wilson are just a few of e well-known men living with this disease. >> this is a treatable disease when you catch it early. the good news is that compared to 10 or 15 years ago, i've noticed more patients are asking to be screened for prostate cancer and m primary care patients because when you heir screen, you have a sho at detecting e disease at a treatable stage. >> for their dedication and their work against fighting prosta cancer an also giving men ahance with life, our world with black enterprise salutes doctors ashford and hoke as our "slice of life." we encourage every man to get tested. early detection is key. we'll right back. ♪ ♪ welcome to our mcdonald's.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that it for this special edition of "our world with black enterprise." our look at prostate cancer. don't forget to visit ourworldlackenterprise.com and share your comments d questions about the show. we leave you wh more fro charli wilson and his hit "there goes my baby." until next weeki'm ed gordon and thanks for making our world, your world.

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