R&B lothario Ray J is romancing rapper Lil' Kim after splitting from Whitney Houston, according to reports. The singer/actor, who is Brandy's younger brother, treated Kim to a $20,000 shopping spree at Louis Vuitton on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills earlier this month and now friends are insisting Ray J is romancing the former jailbird.

A source tells the new issue of In Touch Weekly magazine, "They've been spending a lot of time together."

The publication reports Ray J also organized a surprise birthday party for Lil' Kim at Los Angeles hotspot Les Deux. The source says, "He treats all the women who are in his life well."

Lil' Kim befriended Ray J after she appeared in his 2001 video "Wait A Minute." Ray J hit the headlines last year when footage from a sex tape he shot with ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian appeared on the internet.

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