Ray J has reportedly been hospitalized in Las Vegas as he battles a “severe” case of pneumonia.
A source close to the singer told TMZ on Wednesday that after experiencing “heart pains,” the “Love & Hip Hop” personality was admitted to a hospital last night, where doctors ordered an echocardiogram and X-rays.
According to the outlet, Ray J, whose given name is William Ray Norwood, Jr., has not yet received results.
A rep for Ray J did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.
The outlet previously reported in October 2021 that the “One Wish” hitmaker, 44, had been hospitalized in Miami with the same illness.
The musician said he was admitted into the COVID-19 wing of the hospital, assuming his ailment stemmed from the pandemic illness.
“I thought it was over,” he told TMZ, adding that he “started praying and knew God is good so I just kept praying.”
He also explained that after 2 days and several negative COVID tests, he was removed from the COVID wing. He was discharged later that month.
Sources told the outlet at the time that the musician thought his “busy schedule” and “constant travel” were culprits in the illness, and noted that he “realized he needs to take care of his health” following the scare.
They added that the “Wait a Minute” hitmaker feared for his life and was “thankful” to have recovered.
The alleged hospitalization comes after a tumultuous year for the singer.
After making a claim he was building a racketeering case with the feds against Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner in September — a claim which no other information substantiates — the reality TV stars hit back by suing him for defamation, blasting his “blatantly false” allegations and “calculated falsehoods” in court documents obtained by Page Six.
Ray J, doubling down on his accusations that Jenner and Kardashian were behind the former couple’s infamous sex tape leak, then countersued the mother-daughter duo and accused them of lying for decades about the 2007 video.
Kardashian and Jenner’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, called the move “frivolous” in a November statement to Page Six.
In December, Ray J was arrested after allegedly brandishing a gun on estranged wife Princess Love and threatening to shoot a man in a Thanksgiving livestream.
Princess Love — with whom Ray J shares two children — filed for divorce from him for the fourth time in February 2024.
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