Image Credit: Getty Images Ray J revealed he suffered a frightening health crisis in January 2026. In a video he shared with his Instagram followers, the "Wait a Minute" artist announced that his heart was "only beating 25 percent" after he was hospitalized for pneumonia, leading many to assume he suffered from heart failure. "My heart's only beating 25 percent, but as long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, everything will be all right," Ray J said, in part, in his Instagram video. This wasn't the first time that the singer-songwriter battled pneumonia.