Trending on BillboardRay J is opening up about some recent health issues that landed him in the hospital. At press time the singer’s manager, mother Sonya Norwood, had not responded to Billboard‘s request for additional information on his condition. Amid the plugs and interjections from the half dozen people around a kitchen island chiming in, Ray J thanked his sister Brandy and his parents for supporting him, writing in the comments, “Just almost died!!! TMZ reported on Jan. 7 that Ray J was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital for severe pneumonia and heart pain, the second time he’d contracted pneumonia in four years following a bout of it in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was taken into custody by Los Angeles police on Nov. 27 and charged with making a criminal threat.