Lil Nas X was arrested early this morning for the alleged battery of a police officer, CNN reports. The rapper was also taken to a Los Angeles area hospital “for a possible overdose.” The arrest occurred after Lil Nas X allegedly charged at police officers, per NBC News.

TMZ published footage of Lil Nas X that was apparently filmed not long before his Thursday morning arrest. The video shows Lil Nas X walking alone down an empty Ventura Boulevard wearing just underwear and cowboy boots. He repeatedly asks the person filming him to come to a party and also to put down their phone.

Lil Nas X released his debut album, Montero, in 2021. He recently released Days Before Dreamboy, which collected eight songs he trickled out as he prepares a new album.

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