Ray J uploaded a string of alarming Instagram posts expressing suicidal thoughts while on a ledge Thursday night.

'If it wasn't 4 my Kidz I would jump off and die tonight,' he wrote over one video that showed his view from a high point.

A source told

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Ray J for comment. 

The TMZ insider further stated that Ray J - real name William Ray Norwood Jr. - was only 'messing around' on social media and did not require a trip to the hospital.

His original disquieting posts included a picture of his feet dangling over a drop, captioned: 'SHOULD I JUST JUMP off and end it rit. Now!!! ????'

On his Insta Stories, he wrote: 'trying to figure it out - maybe this life was a illusion - - maybe the next life was my real reality.' 

A source claimed he put up the posts while holidaying in Mexico with his wife and their children Melody, four, and Epik, two.