Lil Nas X arrested after wandering Los Angeles street in underwear

United States rapper Lil Nas X has been arrested and taken to the hospital after being found walking in his underwear on a Los Angeles street.

Police said in a statement that officers responded at about 05:30 on Thursday (12:30 GMT) following reports of a man walking down the street in his underwear.

The LA force said that as officers went to the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, the man rushed towards them.

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

A law enforcement source confirmed to NBC News that the suspect was Montero Lamar Hill, widely known as Lil Nas X.

The Old Town Road rapper punched an officer twice in the face during the encounter, the source said.

Police officers were unsure whether Lil Nas X was on any substances or in mental distress.

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A video of the singer on Thursday morning was published by TMZ, which featured the rapper dancing in the street in just his underwear and cowboy boots, and inviting people passing by to “come to the party”.

The rapper is expected to release his much-anticipated second studio album Dreamboy later this year, teasing his new music on Instagram ahead of the drop.

Lil Nas X became the first openly gay man to receive a Country Music Association award, after he won with Old Town Road in 2019.

The song also won two Grammys and broke the record for the longest-running number one song on the Billboard Hot 100, after 17 weeks at the top of the charts.

The singer has courted controversy throughout his career, with conservatives in the US calling the music video for his hit single Montero (Call Me By Your Name) “depraved” and “evil”.

Lil Nas X responded with a fake apology video on YouTube, which cut into Montero’s infamous lap-dancing scene, and wrote on Twitter that he wanted his haters’ tears to “fill my Grammy cup”.

The Star