Muni Long Finally Shares The Health Fight Behind Her Sudden Exit
In a very real “finally” moment, songstress Muni Long is explaining what was happening behind the scenes when she abruptly stepped away from Brandy and Monica’s The Boy Is Mine Tour last year.
From the outside, it looked sudden. Fans were left wondering, the tour moved forward, and even a Zara Larsson “Midnight Sun” remix moment felt like it had been left floating in the pop/R&B ether without the full story attached.
Now Muni has visited ABC’s Good Morning America to open up about the private health crisis she was carrying through that period, and it was far more serious than most fans could have known.
Muni Long shared the frightening health crisis behind her sudden tour exit, opening up about lupus, pneumonia, a double lung transplant and her recovery road.
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The two-time Grammy winner, born Priscilla Renea Hamilton, told GMA that she had been living with lupus after being diagnosed in 2014. While on the road, her health worsened, and she said pneumonia entered the picture during the tour’s colder Northeast stretch.
She tried to keep pushing through it. Muni said she reached a point where she could barely make it to the stage, and during her last show she was only able to perform two songs.
After returning home around Thanksgiving, she woke up in the hospital. There, she said doctors told her she needed a transplant and that without one, she had about a week to live.
That is the part that stops the scrolling. What some fans may have read as a sudden career pivot, tour drama or a missing rollout beat was actually a life-threatening health emergency.
Muni Long Opens Up On “Good Morning America.”
The gallery captures Muni Long’s Good Morning America appearance, where she shared the private health battle that led to her stepping away and focusing on recovery.
Muni shared that she ultimately underwent a double lung transplant in December 2025. Six months later, she told GMA she is post-op, asymptomatic and without infections.
She also spoke honestly about the fear performers know too well: what happens to the voice? Especially when the voice is not just a voice, but the whole emotional engine of the job, the gift and the public identity.
ABC News reports that Muni said her new single “Richest” was recorded before the surgery and will be the last music released with her pre-transplant vocals. She also said her voice feels different now, possibly even better, though she does not yet know when she can return to performing.
That makes the update feel even bigger than one interview segment. It is a recovery story, a music story, a body story and a reminder that artists are not machines because the calendar says tour dates are due.
Which led thee Grammy winner to finally update fans and the public about her health journey, her recovery and the scary reason she had to choose herself over the stage.
Watch Muni Long Open Up About Her Health Challenges.
Press play for Muni Long’s Good Morning America interview, where she discusses lupus, pneumonia, a double lung transplant and the recovery road after stepping away from the tour.
Sources: ABC News / Good Morning America provided Muni Long’s health-update details, including lupus, pneumonia, the double lung transplant and her recovery timeline; Good Morning America / YouTube provided the embedded interview video.
