By Andrew Dalton
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LOS ANGELES — Rapper Lil Nas X was arrested and briefly taken to a hospital for a suspected overdose Thursday 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 title is Montero Lamar Hill, was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer and was being held in jail.
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Officers discovered Hill strolling on the usually very busy Ventura Boulevard within the Studio Metropolis neighborhood shortly earlier than 6 a.m., Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Charles Miller stated.
After charging at arriving police, he charged at them. A regulation enforcement supply told NBC News that Hill punched an officer twice in the course of the encounter.
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 carrying 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 searching for remark weren’t instantly answered.
The 26-year-old rapper and singer from Atlanta is greatest identified for his large hit from 2018, “Old Town Road,” which merged nation and hip-hop. It spent a report 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Recognized for his genre-bending, innovating sounds and style, 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.
