Ray J He is reportedly being treated at a Las Vegas hospital for a severe case of pneumonia.
Ray J, 44, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, January 6 with pneumonia and heart pains. TMZ reported on Wednesday, Jan. 7, citing a “source close to the R&B singer.”
According to the outlet, Ray J previously suffered from the disease, which affects the lungs and can be caused by a viral or bacterial infection, according to the Mayo Clinic – in 2021 and “thought he might die.”
Us Weekly Ray J’s team has been contacted for comment.
A few weeks before his hospitalization, Ray J has shared an unusual update via Instagram, revealing that he is part of a new show called famous hitchhiker.
“I’m hitchhiking right now trying to find a place to stay tonight,” she wrote in her Dec. 13 message. “I hope I can meet a new family, who can take me in and teach me their rules, their goals and life, and then send me on my way to the next destination.”
Ray J had filmed the video in Tampa, Florida, and said he wanted to make it to Los Angeles in time for Christmas. At that moment, I was alone.
“I need food and I need shelter,” he told his followers. “A lot of shit has happened. And I just want to go home and see my kids. It’s a hitchhiking show, but it’s real at the same time, and I want it to be really authentic. I’m just doing it for real on my phone. I mean, I have a camera in there, too, but it’s me.”
The singer, whose real name is William Ray Norwood, Jr., was arrested on Thanksgiving Day last year for threatening his estranged wife. Princess Love. He did an Instagram Live that day, saying he had “the worst Thanksgiving in the world.”
In his Live, he appeared to pull a gun on Love, 41, and at least one of her children.
“You want to drive drunk? You all want to drive drunk? Drive drunk. Drive drunk, princess,” she said, to which Love replied, “Ray, you just pointed a gun…”.
She then called him “an abusive woman.”
Brandy and Ray J’s mother, Sonja Norwood, supported her son in his legal battle against his ex Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, Us Weekly can exclusively report. On December 12, Norwood, 75, filed a statement supporting Ray J’s efforts to convince a Los Angeles judge to throw out the defamation lawsuit filed by Kardashian, 45, (…)
Ray J was released from jail the day of his arrest, TMZ reported at the time. (we His representatives have been contacted for comment. He has since claimed that he almost got into a fight with a fellow inmate while behind bars.)
Ray J and Love filmed the early years of their marriage for the VH1 reality series Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood. They got married in 2016 and have filed for divorce several times. They share daughter Melody Love, 7, and son Epik Ray, 6.
Days before the incident involving Love, American Express sued Ray J and his company Tronix Network in Los Angeles Superior Court, charging him with massive credit card debt — $139,849.85, to be exact. He allegedly stopped making payments in May 2025. Ray J has yet to respond to the lawsuit.