Ray J Hospitalized For Exhaustion

First Published: May 22, 2012 11:32 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Caption Ray J is seen at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 20, 2012R&B singer Ray J has been hospitalized near Las Vegas for exhaustion.

Ray J’s representative said in a statement Tuesday that the singer went to the hospital Monday and “will remain there for treatment for exhaustion and jet lag.”

The rep says Ray J was in Las Vegas to host a party and also attended Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. The rep adds that Ray J had just returned from performing in China.

Ray J is R&B singer Brandy’s younger brother. He was close friends with Whitney Houston and said in March that he was “still hurting” a month after she drowned in a bathtub in California at age 48.

Sunday’s award show featured a tribute to Houston by John Legend and Jordin Sparks.

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