Gary With Da Tea was in the fight of his life, but still was on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” making listeners laugh every day. Very few people knew about what he was going through, and Gary went public and shared his powerful testimony on Wednesday, August 1st.

Instead of looking at that date as a sad one, Gary With Da Tea intends on encouraging others to get screened across the country on that date.

If you missed Gary’s heartbreaking news, watch this whole video to see him talk in-depth about his journey, the brutal side effects of his chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and his friendship with Rickey Smiley, as listeners of “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” react.