LOS ANGELES -- The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X was arrested Thursday morning in Los Angeles on suspicion of battery on a police officer and hospitalized for a possible overdose, ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC has learned.

Officers responded shortly before 6 a.m. to a call of a nude man walking in the street on the 11000-block of Ventura Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The location is just west of the 101 Freeway, near Vineland Avenue.

When officers arrived at the scene, the man charged toward them, said an LAPD spokesperson. The suspect was taken into custody and taken to a hospital.

The police department did not release the name of the suspect. Sources confirmed his identity to KABC.

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