The 26-year-old was spotted exhibiting erratic behavior as he walked down Ventura Boulevard on Thursday, singing, talking repeatedly about a party, and striking poses – before he allegedly charged at officers who were responding to the scene just before 6AM.

The Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed with the Daily Mail that the musician was taken to the hospital and placed under arrest for battery on a police officer.

Officer Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department has told the Daily Mail of the incident: ‘This morning, around 5:50 am, officers responded to the 11000 block of Ventura Bl for a nude man walking in the street. Upon arrival, the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody.

‘He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose and placed under arrest for battery on a Police Officer.’

Lil Nas X has been arrested for battery on a police officer after he was seen walking in the middle of the street early Thursday morning, clad in underwear and cowboy boots – resulting in him being taken to the hospital for a possible overdose

TMZ reports the rapper, 26, was exhibiting bizarre behaviour on Ventura Boulevard early Thursday morning, prompting several people in the Studio City neighbourhood to report to the LAPD

Lil Nas has since been released from the hospital and has been booked for battery on a peace officer, according TMZ and People.

He is now in custody at a jail in the Los Angeles community of Van Nuys, and is being held without bail for the misdemeanor offense, according to TMZ.

The singer was booked at 11:22AM, according to a booking report obtained by People.

While the LAPD say they responded to the scene close to 6AM, TMZ reports video taken of Lil Nas walking down the boulevard was taken at 4AM.

Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Lil Nas X and LAPD for comment but did not immediately hear back.

TMZ reports that numerous people in the Studio City neighborhood reported the Lil Nas X sighting to police, claiming they saw a nude man walking in the street.

The LAPD told NBC4 that Lil Nas X reports that Lil Nas threw punches at the officers, which prompted a use of force by the police, who forced the musician to the ground.

None of the officers were injured during the incident, according to NBC4.

The Montero singer is now receiving treatment at a hospital, according to TMZ.

In footage of the scene captured by a driver, Lil Nas X sings, talks repeatedly about a party, claps, snaps his fingers, strikes poses, and asks the cameraperson for their phone.

He even places an orange traffic cone over his head.

‘Hey, don’t be late to the party tonight,’ Lil Nas X tells the person behind the camera. ‘You know where it’s at,’ he adds.

‘Go ahead babe,’ he urges the driver, waving his hand towards the road. ‘Go ahead babe,’ he repeats.

‘Didn’t I tell you to put the phone down?’ he later asks. ‘Uh-oh, somebody’s going to have to pay for that!’

He then began to walk down the street, snap his fingers into the air and clap his hands.

‘I am serving you (expletive),’ Lil Nas said in another moment. ‘And you better be at the f**king party!… you like this side? Every side?’ he says as he struts down the street.

He is also shown saying: ‘It’s going to be a beautiful sunrise,’ before stretching out his hand.

‘Give me that phone so I can throw it. I’m going to throw it far away so you never see it again. I don’t like phones.

‘Don’t miss the party tonight! Why are you still here? You need to be telling everybody about the f**king party girl, what’s your problem?’

He even placed an orange traffic cone atop his head

The police received reports from people claiming they had seen a nude man making his way down the street

Lil Nas X was seen repeatedly talking about a party and asking for the cameraperson’s phone as he walked down the middle of Ventura Boulevard

In footage of the scene captured by a driver and obtained by TMZ, Lil Nas X sings, talks repeatedly about a party, strikes poses and asks the cameraperson for their phone

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That same day the musician posted a slew of content to his Instagram account, seemingly taken at his home.

In one video, a bathrobe-clad Lil Nas X sang and played with a tambourine beside a pile of various items.

‘FREE THE PEOPLE! NOW!’ he captioned the post.

He also captioned a selfie of himself wearing a fur coat with a tiara-accessorised cowboy hat: ‘OH NO sHES GONE MAD! CRAZY I TELL U!’

Lil Nas X has previously described experimenting with drugs, and in 2021 spoke to WSJ about trying psychedelic mushrooms for the first time while working on his debut album MONTERO.

In one video, a bathrobe-clad Lil Nas X sang and played with a tambourine beside a pile of his belongings

The rapper was travelling through California at the time with producers Denzel Baptiste and David Biral, who both remained sober during the experience.

They sat by his side and chatted with him during the day, which saw them relax in the pool and hot tub, reflecting on life.

‘I was able to open up a lot,’ he told WSJ about the trip in 2021. ‘I was able to write actual stories about my life and put it into my music. I actually did that for the first time.’

Lil Nas X also told Variety in 2020 that he dealt with several heartbreaking losses – including the death of his grandmother – by ‘smoking [weed] heavily’.

Lil Nas X is famous for his 2019 country trap song Old Town Road (pictured 2025)

‘But then I started feeling more connected with the universe, and taking everything as a sign.’

The latest incident comes four months after Lil Nas X was hospitalised for partial facial paralysis.

The rapper, who was wearing a hospital gown and a Von Dutch baseball cap, posted a video from his bed where he explained what had been going on.

In the clip Lil Nas was seemingly in good spirits as he laughed and revealed that he ‘lost control’ of the right side of his face.

Despite trying to laugh, the right side of his face stayed frozen and expressionless, though he was still able to move the right side of his lips and eye.

The rapper won two Grammy Awards for Old Town Road in 2020

Explaining more about his condition, the American star said: ‘This is me doing a full smile right now by the way. It’s like, what the f***? Bro, I can’t even laugh right now, bro. What the f***? Ah! Oh my God!’

Hours after the post, the Old Town Road hitmaker later showed both sides of his face and said: ‘We normal over here. We get crazy over here.’

He added: ‘I’m so cooked’, which in the context of modern slang means that someone is feeling extremely tired, exhausted, or struggling with a task or situation.

In another post, the rapper clarified to his fans that he is ‘OK’ and asked them not to worry about him.

He said: ‘Guys I am OK!! Stop being sad for me! Shake Ur a** for me instead! [sic]’

This was followed with a selfie he took in hospital which he captioned: ‘Imma look funny for a lil but but that’s it [sic].’