“Old Town Road” rapper Lil Nas X was arrested and taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after he was walking in a street without his clothes on and charging at officers in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Police Department told NBC News in a statement that officers responded to the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard just before 6 a.m. in regard to reports of a nude man. Police said that the man charged at officers when they arrived on the scene.

“He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose and placed under arrest for Battery on a Police Officer,” police said.

Lil Nas X attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic / Getty Images

A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation confirmed to NBC News that the suspect was Montero Lamar Hil

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