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Raycon founder Ray J Norwood said in series of social media posts that his heart is working at 25 percent capacity, it is turning black, and doctors told him he has months to live. “2027 is a definitely a wrap for me,” he said in an Instagram Live obtained by Variety.
TMZ reported on January 7 that Norwood was hospitalized in Las Vegas, for severe pneumonia and heart pain. On Sunday, he gave an update on his health. “I want to thank everybody for praying for me,” he said. “I was in a hospital. My heart’s only beating like 25 percent, but as long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, everything will be all right.” It’s a more optimist outlook than he gave in a recent IG Live, when he said doctors gave him months left to live. “I thought… I could handle all the alcohol, I could handle all the Adderall, I could handle all the drugs, but I couldn’t,” he said. He added that the right side of his heart is “black… it’s like done.” He also thanked his sister Brandy for handling medical bills.
Norwood’s medical issues come just after some legal ones. In November, he was arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at his ex-wife while livestreaming. He was charged with making criminal threats. Ray J is also in the middle of a lawsuit-counterlawsuit fight with ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner. Kardashian is suing for defamation, pertaining to claims he made that they are under investigation for RICO. Norwood countersued, claiming the Kardashian-Jenners breached a previous settlement over his and Kim’s sex tape.
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