Rapper Lil Nas X was arrested and briefly taken to a hospital for a suspected overdose Thursday (Aug 21) after Los Angeles police say he charged at officers responding to a report of a unadorned man strolling on a busy boulevard.
Lil Nas X, whose authorized identify is Montero Lamar Hill, was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer and was being held in jail.
Officers discovered him strolling on the usually very busy Ventura Boulevard within the Studio Metropolis neighborhood shortly earlier than 6am, Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Charles Miller stated.
After charging at arriving police, he was taken into custody, however the officers, suspecting a drug overdose, took him to a hospital first, Miller stated. There was no additional phrase on his situation, however he was launched from the hospital and brought to jail after just some hours.
Video obtained by TMZ appeared to indicate him on the road sporting solely underwear and boots.
He was being held at Valley Jail in Van Nuys, close to the place the police discovered him.
Messages to Lil Nas X representatives in search of remark weren’t instantly answered.
The 26-year-old rapper and singer from Atlanta is greatest identified for his enormous hit from 2018, Previous City Highway, which merged nation and hip-hop. It spent a document 19 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Identified for his genre-bending, innovating sounds and elegance, his first full studio album, 2021’s Montero, went to No 2 on the Billboard album chart and was nominated for a Grammy for album of the 12 months.
