At 4 a.m. on August 21, Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X, the Old Town Road genius was found wandering Ventura Boulevard in Studio City nearly naked. Picture this: cowboy boots, white underwear, and absolutely no chill. Witnesses dialed 911 faster than a trending tweet.
Caught on video, Nas looked like a surreal mash up of eccentric star and confused party crasher. He pointed at a passing car, delivered a cryptic “Don’t be late to the party” line, then bizarrely placed an orange traffic cone atop his head like he’d crowned himself the king of confusion.
Officers arrived to find him still strutting through traffic. Reports say he charged at them, prompting them to cuff and contain him before paramedics swooped him away for evaluation. The suspected cause? A possible overdose.
This isn’t the first medical headline of 2025 for Montero Lamar Hill (a.k.a. Lil Nas X). In April, he revealed a partial facial paralysis scare that sidelined his smile and momentarily, his swagger.
It’s 2025, and the man who turned country rap into a TikTok certified chart clean-up with Old Town Road is still rewriting expectations sometimes in literal underwear, apparently. His unpredictable detours make headlines, but also raise red flags about his well being. Fans flooded X (Twitter) with support, hoping this wild chapter is just that; a chapter, not the narrative.
