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Lil
Nas X, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, was booked on
suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer and was being
held in jail.
Officers found him walking on the normally very busy Ventura
Boulevard in the Studio City neighborhood shortly before 6 a.m.,
Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Charles Miller said.
After charging at arriving police, he was taken into custody,
but the officers, suspecting a drug overdose, took him to a
hospital first, Miller said. There was no further word on his
condition, but he was released from the hospital and taken to
jail after just a few hours.
Video obtained by TMZ appeared to show him on the street wearing
only underwear and boots.
He was being held at Valley Jail in Van Nuys, near where the
police found him.
Messages to Lil Nas X representatives seeking comment were not
immediately answered.
The 26-year-old rapper and singer from Atlanta is best known for
his huge hit from 2018, “Old Town Road,” which merged country
and hip-hop. It spent a record 19 weeks at No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
Known 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 year.
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