Randy Jackson has
literally transformed American pop culture over the last two decades, having paved the way for game shows and reality competitions to grace our televisions today. In turn, both
American Idol and
America s Best Dance Crew fans have had the chance to watch his own journey to becoming an entertainment icon unfold and, in the process, a glimpse at his own personal health revolution, too.
In 2002, in the midst of his second life-changing season as a judge on
American Idol, the former musician and producer was diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes. At the time, he told the press he weighed upwards of 350 pounds and had spent most of his life eating his way through poor habits. He surprised audiences in 2003 after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, a procedure that minimizes your stomach and streamlines your digestive tract, and later showed off serious weight loss while appearing on