Speaking with Elam and Sidner during a CNN round-table discussion in October 2024, she revealed her cancer had spread and progressed to stage 4. At the time, the former VJ also revealed why she decided to keep her tumor instead of undergoing a double mastectomy, which her doctors recommended.

Once dubbed 'the hip-hop generation's reigning It Girl,' Lewis was a steadfast icon and a familiar face on the music network throughout the late '90s.