Lil Nas X Hospitalized After Charging at Police, LAPD Says

Singer-rapper Lil Nas X was hospitalized on Thursday morning (Aug. 21) for a potential drug overdose in Los Angeles after allegedly charging at police officers in an early morning encounter.

A statement given to Billboard by the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers responded to reports of a naked man roaming Ventura Boulevard around 5:50 a.m. PT. Police said “the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody” upon their arrival on the scene. He was then handcuffed and taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for a “possible overdose,” while also being placed under arrest for battery on a police officer.

According to information posted to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s inmate information center, Montero Hill — Lil Nas X’s birth name — was arrested at 6:10 a.m. in North Hollywood, and booked for a misdemeanor offense at the Los Angeles Police Department Valley Jail in Van Nuys at 11:22 a.m. The rapper’s bail hearing will take place on Monday (Aug. 25).

Billboard has reached out to representatives for Lil Nas X.

TMZ on Thursday published a video showing Lil Nas X roaming the streets of Los Angeles, dressed in a pair of white underwear and white cowboy boots and telling the person filming, “Don’t be late to the party tonight,” while mimicking a series of dance moves.

The incident comes just one day after Lil Nas X cleared his Instagram page, updated his name on the app to “Queen Madeline” and began repopulating it with a series of odd posts, showing himself posing in a series of costumes. The singer also shared teasers for songs, featuring collaborators such as Young Kio and Lil Jon.

In April, Lil Nas revealed that he had been hospitalized due to partial paralysis on the right side of his face. The “Old Town Road” star never shared a diagnosis for his condition, but he did update fans a few days after his initial post, revealing that he was recovering and could now move most of his face.