{"id":1974134,"date":"2025-08-22T09:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974134"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:43:17","slug":"lil-nas-x-detailed-difficult-last-few-years-just-months-before-arrest-suspected-overdose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lil-nas-x-detailed-difficult-last-few-years-just-months-before-arrest-suspected-overdose\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X detailed &#8216;difficult&#8217; last few years just months before arrest, suspected overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109914467.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lil Nas X divulged on the \u201cdifficult\u201d few years he had faced just months before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/21\/entertainment\/lil-nas-x-hospitalized-after-roaming-la-street-naked\/\">he was arrested and hospitalized<\/a> in Los Angeles on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\">The two-time Grammy winner, 26, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/21\/entertainment\/lil-nas-x-booked-for-battery-on-an-officer-after-naked-arrest\/\">booked for battery on a police officer<\/a> after he had been caught wandering down a busy street wearing nothing but white underwear and matching cowboy boots.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOld Town Road\u201d singer, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, was then taken to the hospital for treatment. His current condition remains unclear.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lil Nas X divulged on the \u201cdifficult\u201d few years he had faced just months before he was arrested and hospitalized in Los Angeles on Thursday. <span class=\"credit\">@lilnasxmajor\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in February, the musician shared a candid video of himself on social media in which he addressed that he was being \u201cflaky\u201d and \u201call over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\">\u201cThese last few years were pretty difficult for me,\u201d he said, according to a video re-shared by a fan account <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lilnasxmajor\/status\/1892162351823983017\">on X<\/a>. \u201cThey have been pretty difficult for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\">\u201cI\u2019m just now, like arriving to this place of feeling confidence in myself and what I\u2019m doing. And I\u2019m trying to make sure I put intention towards my music and my vision and the creativity of it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His struggles continued into April, when he revealed that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/15\/entertainment\/lil-nas-x-hospitalized-for-partial-paralysis-on-his-face\/\">he was hospitalized<\/a> after losing \u201ccontrol of the right side\u201d of his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, what the f\u2013k, bro?\u201d he said in a video at the time. \u201cI can\u2019t even laugh right, bro. What the f\u2013k. Oh my God, oh my God, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The two-time Grammy winner, 26, was booked for battery on a police officer. <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The singer was caught wandering down a busy street wearing nothing but white underwear and matching cowboy boots. <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s already getting better. But you can see that this left eye is blinking,\u201d he said, adding that he\u2019s having a harder time closing his right eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight eye is stubborn. Imma be good. Smile getting a little better,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nas previously opened up about how he began to self-medicate after his grandmother died in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grandmother passing \u2014 she was the first person close to me who died,\u201d he told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/music\/news\/lil-nas-x-grammys-old-town-road-1203469735\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0in Jan. 2020. \u201cIt was devastating. And it made me a hypochondriac: I\u2019d wake up, heart racing. It was scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d singer added that he started \u201csmoking [weed] heavily,\u201d which made him feel \u201cmore connected with the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Thursday\u2019s incident, the singer shared a series of images <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lilnasx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0of his messy house with\u00a0pieces of art and furniture scattered throughout.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cOld Town Road\u201d singer, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, was then taken to the hospital for treatment. <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d hitmaker\u2019s current condition remains unclear. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the pictures, including a mirror selfie, were accompanied by a cryptic caption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd just like that she\u2019s back. We\u2019ve all waited so long. When dreamworld needed her the most. \ud83d\ude15\ud83e\udd72,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOH NO sHES GONE MAD! CRAZY I TELL U! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\ude08\ud83e\udee6\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe\u2764\ufe0f,\u201d he captioned another.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Nas X divulged on the \u201cdifficult\u201d few years he had faced just months before he was arrested and hospitalized in Los Angeles on Thursday. 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