Award-winning rapper Lil Nas X has been taken into custody following an altercation with police in Los Angeles, officials confirmed.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officers were called to Ventura Boulevard around 5:30 am on Thursday, August 21, after receiving reports of a man walking in the street wearing only underwear.
When officers arrived, they claim the Old Town Road singer allegedly “charged” at them, leading to his arrest on suspicion of battery.
As per the viral footage by TMZ, the singer was seen walking along Ventura Boulevard wearing only underwear and cowboy boots, placing a traffic cone on his head, and acting incoherently. The video was shot by a passerby, during which Lil Nas X was seen strutting down the LA streets and telling them to “not be late to the party tonight.”
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The rapper was then reportedly taken to the hospital for evaluation of a possible overdose.
Although the Los Angeles Police Department did not identify the rapper by name, they confirmed that an incoherent, unclothed man was taken into custody and hospitalised at around 5:50 am, the same time and location where Lil Nas X was filmed, according to footage obtained by TMZ.
Lil Nas X, born as Montero Lamar Hill, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter best known for blending rap, and pop into bold, genre-defying hits.
He shot to fame in 2019 with the release of his breakout single “Old Town Road,” a country-rap track that went viral on TikTok and later topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 19 consecutive weeks.
Source: India Today