Lil Nas X has been booked for battery on a police officer following his naked arrest and hospitalization in Los Angeles on Thursday, The Post can confirm.
The “Old Town Road” singer, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, had been caught wandering down a busy street clad in nothing but white underwear and matching cowboy boots, as seen in a video first obtained by TMZ.
According to his online booking, Nas (real name Montero Hill) was taken into custody at 6:10 a.m. PT on Thursday, Aug. 21. A source told NBC News that the rapper “punched an officer twice in the face” during the encounter. However, he was ultimately booked for battery of an officer, a misdemeanor, at 11:22 a.m. following his hospital stint.
The booking record also showed that Nas, 26, was taken to the Van Nuys jail and is still sitting behind bars without bail at the time of publication.
A spokesperson for the LAPD, who didn’t give the name of the suspect, previously told The Post that a naked person had been apprehended and taken to a nearby hospital out of concern for their health.
“This morning, around 5:50 a.m., officers responded to the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard for a nude man walking in the street,” they said.
“Upon arrival, the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody. He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose,” the spokesperson added.
According to TMZ, the “Montero” singer was first spotted roaming around Ventura Boulevard in Studio City at around 4 a.m. on Thursday.
A fan who drove past Nas allegedly heard the rapper say that he was heading to a party, and the Grammy winner later placed an orange traffic cone on his head during the bizarre incident.
After police were called to the scene, Nas reportedly charged at the officers before they subdued him and placed him in handcuffs, per the outlet.
The Post has reached out to Nas’ rep for comment.
Hours before Thursday’s incident, the “Sun Goes Down” singer shared several concerning pictures on Instagram of his messy house with scattered pieces of art and furniture.
“And just like that she’s back,” he wrote alongside one mirror selfie. “We’ve all waited so long. When dreamworld needed her the most.”
“OH NO sHES GONE MAD! CRAZY I TELL U!” he captioned another selfie.
Nas previously opened up about his decision to self-medicate following the devastating loss of his grandmother back in 2018.
“My grandmother passing – she was the first person close to me who died,” he told Variety during an interview in January 2020. “It was devastating. And it made me a hypochondriac: I’d wake up, heart racing. It was scary.”
Nas also said that he started “smoking [weed] heavily” after his grandmother’s death.
“But then I started feeling more connected with the universe, and taking everything as a sign,” he told the outlet.
