Kendrick Lamar Dancer, Storm DeBarge, Reveals She Has Endometriosis — 5 Things To Know About The Disease

Storm DeBarge’s name has gained a lot of attention since starring as a main dancer in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” music video. But the LA native is going viral for something way more serious than her dance moves. 

On Dec. 14, she was a guest on the Jst Us podcast where she opened up about having endometriosis and how she has to deal with it “every month.” 

Storm DeBarge attends the Special Red Carpet Screening for New Line Cinema’s “House Party” at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on January 11, 2023 in Hollywood, California. Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty

DeBarge detailed how the condition has been invasive in her personal life and professional life. She said it, “takes away a lot of time in my month. Like if I have something booked, or I have to teach or do these things, those seven days out the [month] I have to be like ‘uh uh.’ I have to stay at home.’”

She continued, “Usually people are there with me taking care of me helping me and things like that. But it’s definitely hard. I’ve been dealing with that since I was 9 years old. I was hospitalized like a lot of high school for it.” 

DeBarge later explained how she’s looking forward to getting a new doctor in 2025 after having some bad experiences and dealing with disparities with her former doctors. She said, “Yea they don’t really care about us in the medical field like that especially when you don’t have the best insurance.”

Here are five things to know about endometriosis.

1. What Is It Exactly

There is endometrial tissue that grows on the lining of the uterus. When endometriosis occurs, there is tissue similar to the endometrial tissue that grows on the outside of the uterus as well. The condition leads to inflammation and scarring around the pelvis or abdomen area. According to John Hopkins Medicine, the areas most commonly affected by endometriosis are the fallopian tubes, ovaries, outside surface of the uterus, lining of the pelvic cavity, ligaments around the uterus and the space between the uterus and the rectum or bladder.