Lil Nas X is opening up about his current arrest in Los Angeles, calling the expertise “terrifying” however reassuring followers that he’s doing okay.
“You lady goes to be OK, y’all,” the rapper, 26, mentioned by way of Instagram Story on Tuesday, August 26. “She’s going to be alright. She’s going to alright. S***. That was f***ing terrifying. That was terrifying. That was a terrifying final 4 days, however your lady goes to be alright.”
The arrest came about on August 21, when the Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) confirmed to *Us Weekly* that officers had responded to calls concerning “a nude man strolling on the street.” Whereas the LAPD didn’t determine Lil Nas X by title, a spokesperson defined that the person in query allegedly tried to “batter an officer,” leading to a reserving for battery of a peace officer.
On August 25, TMZ reported that Lil Nas X (actual title Montero Lamar Hill) had been charged with 4 felonies, together with battery with damage on a police officer. On the time, bail had not but been set, and the rapper was scheduled to be arraigned that very same day. Viral footage circulating on-line appeared to point out him sporting a visitors cone atop his head whereas chatting with himself about attending a celebration. Representatives for Lil Nas X haven’t but commented on the footage.
This unsettling incident follows a sequence of private well being challenges for the rapper. In April, Lil Nas X revealed he had lately been hospitalized after dropping management of half of his face. Posting from his hospital mattress on Instagram, he shared a video with the caption, “Soooo misplaced management of the suitable facet of my face 😭.” Trying to smile, he added, “That is me doing a full smile, by the way in which,” and expressed his shock: “I can’t even snigger, bro! What the f***? Oh, my God.”
Earlier this 12 months, in February, the Montero star candidly mirrored on the difficulties he has confronted over the previous couple of years. “These previous couple of years had been fairly troublesome for me,” he mentioned in a video shared by way of X. “I’m simply now arriving to this place of feeling confidence in myself and what I’m doing, and I’m making an attempt to ensure I put intention in direction of my music and my imaginative and prescient and the creativity of all of it.”
Lil Nas X’s pretrial listening to is scheduled for September 15. If convicted, he may resist 5 years in jail.
