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Ray J says his days are numbered \u2014 and the number he\u2019s citing is 2027. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust almost died!! I\u2019m alive because of your prayers and support!!\u201d the singer wrote in an Instagram caption posted Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wanna thank everyone for praying for me. I was in the hospital,\u201d he said in the accompanying video<\/a>. \u201cMy heart is only beating like 25%, but as long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, then everything will be all right, so thank you for all your prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a different story in another livestream, however, captured in clips on the @Livebitez Instagram page. <\/p>\n \u201c2027 is definitely a wrap for me,\u201d the 45-year-old, real name William Ray Norwood Jr., said in one video<\/a> posted Tuesday, making a \u201ccut off\u201d motion across his neck. <\/p>\n \u201cNo, don\u2019t say that, brother,\u201d a friend says off camera. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what the doctor says,\u201d Ray J replied meekly, then seemingly grew frustrated as his friend talked loudly over him and insisted he was going to live long enough to see his children\u2019s children. <\/p>\n In the next clip<\/a>, the singer says, \u201cIt don\u2019t matter if my days are counted. But guess what \u2014 my baby mama gonna be straight. My kids are gonna be straight. If they want to spend all the money they can spend it, but I did my part here.\u201d <\/p>\n Then he looks up and tells his friend, \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have went this hard, bro. I shouldn\u2019t have went hard. And then, when it\u2019s all done, burn me, don\u2019t bury me.\u201d <\/p>\n In clips assembled on the next Livebitez post<\/a>, Ray J admits heavy alcohol and drug use and says that messed up his heart \u201con the right side, here, it\u2019s like, black. It\u2019s like done.\u201d He said he might go to Haiti to \u201cdo some voodoo\u201d because he thinks \u201cthey got the cure.\u201d <\/p>\n He also said he thought he was \u201cbigger\u201d and \u201chad more weight\u201d to put up against the onslaught of substances. \u201cI thought I could handle all the alcohol, I could handle all the Adderall.\u201d<\/p>\n Cut to the next clip where he says he thought he \u201ccould handle all the drugs, but I couldn\u2019t. … And it curbed my time here.\u201d<\/p>\n In a final collection of clips, Ray J mentions the criminal protective order put in place by the court after a run-in with the law in November. . <\/p>\n Ray J was arrested in Los Angeles<\/a> on suspicion of making criminal threats, an LAPD spokesman told The Times in late November. The singer allegedly pointed a gun at ex-wife Princess Love during a heated argument that happened during a livestream at Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n Because of the protective order related to that incident, he isn\u2019t allowed to see her or their kids, Melody, 7, and Epik, who turned 6 last month. He said in court documents reviewed by Page Six<\/a> that he pointed the gun at her to keep her from driving the kids away from his house after a drunken family holiday. <\/p>\n In the final batch of clips, he says his parents were picking him up \u201ctomorrow\u201d for a doctor appointment. He mentions that sister Brandy had paid his bills \u201cfor the rest of the year. That\u2019s crazy.\u201d <\/p>\n Despite the singer-actor picking up his tab, Ray J says his kids have \u201cat least $10 million\u201d in their trust fund account. <\/p>\n The R&B singer was hospitalized in early January in Las Vegas, sidelined by heart pain and pneumonia, according to TMZ<\/a>. Four years ago, he battled pneumonia as well. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n