The Grammy Award-winning artist was arrested in Los Angeles after a nude public incident that led to felony costs and a hospital keep, in keeping with police and his father.
Lil Nas X was arrested and hospitalized Tuesday (August 21) in Los Angeles after police say he was discovered unclothed in public and allegedly assaulted officers through the encounter.
In keeping with the Los Angeles Police Division, officers responded to experiences of a unadorned man strolling close to downtown round 6 a.m. Once they arrived, the person—later recognized because the Grammy-winning rapper—allegedly charged at them and punched one officer twice within the face. He was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for analysis.
Authorities initially suspected a drug-related episode, however toxicology outcomes later confirmed Lil Nas X was not beneath the affect of medication or alcohol on the time of the incident. He now faces 4 felony costs and has pleaded not responsible.
The 26-year-old artist briefly addressed the ordeal in an Instagram Story posted Saturday (August 26), saying, “That was terrifying, that was terrifying, that was a terrifying final 4 days. However your woman’s gonna be all proper.”
His father, Robert Stafford, spoke publicly concerning the incident in an interview with The Sunday Instances, sharing perception into the emotional {and professional} weight his son has been carrying.
“I perceive how the music enterprise is,” Stafford stated. “It’s like a excessive. While you get to that degree, you need that drug once more, you need to hit that prime once more.”
He continued, “For a 26-year-old to should take care of what he’s coping with — to be a breadwinner for lots of people, the shortcoming to vary his mom’s state of affairs and the stress he places on himself…”
Stafford described his jail go to along with his son as emotional and painful. “To see my child boy on the opposite aspect of that tumbler. We shed tears with one another for a minute,” he stated. “And I needed to inform him that ‘what you’re going via is regular’. All of us have breakdowns now and again, however the distinction is, yours get performed out within the public eye.”
He additionally shared a message on behalf of his son: “Once I went to go to he requested me to say, ‘inform everyone I’m sorry they noticed me like that’. Even in that second, he was apologizing to individuals for one thing he was going via.”
Regardless of the authorized bother and public scrutiny, Stafford expressed hope for his son’s restoration and future. “Hopefully, it is a turning level in his psychological stability,” he stated. “Generally God will take you thru your worst second to offer you your finest second.”
The LAPD confirmed the arrest and costs in a press release to NBC Information. Lil Nas X stays out on bail and is awaiting additional courtroom proceedings.
