Lil Nas X was arrested after wandering the streets of the United States in his underwear and charged with a misdemeanor in the early morning of Thursday, August 21.
According to People, before 6am on this day, officers responded to reports of a man “nude in the street” in the 1100 block of Ventura Blvd; later, the suspect was confirmed as the singer and went on to allegedly “batter an officer, so he was booked for battery on a [peace officer]”.
After the arrest, Lil Nas X was taken to the hospital amid rumors of a possible overdose; however, this was not confirmed. Since then, he has been discharged and put through the booking process.
Later, TMZ shared images of the singer walking down the 1100 block of Ventura Blvd. around 4 a.m. wearing only underwear and white cowboy boots, generating a great reaction among fans and netizens on social networks.