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Lil Nas X has shared a personal update with fans following a difficult start to 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n The \u201cOld Town Road\u201d rapper was arrested in August 2025 over alleged battery of police officers, but the charges were dismissed in April 2026 on the condition that he complete a two-year treatment programme.<\/p>\n Now, Lil Nas X says he is doing well in recovery, sharing a new video with fans about his progress.<\/p>\n In the clip, the musician revealed he now has a therapist and psychiatrist, who helped diagnose him with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I had known for the past few years, but I didn\u2019t want admit to it because I didn\u2019t want to have to take medication,\u201d Lil Nas X said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m already black and gay! Damn, God! I\u2019m like living life on like extreme hard mode. But on a serious note, I\u2019m doing much better. I\u2019m feeling better.\u201d<\/p>\n The star also confirmed that he is working on new music, promising fans that fresh material is on the way.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is new music on the way! I\u2019m excited to do that and I\u2019m excited to go on this journey with you guys. We\u2019ve been through so much together. Thank you guys for holding me down. I love you. All I want to do is continue to try to make you proud and make myself proud.\u201d<\/p>\n The update has reassured fans who have followed Lil Nas X through both his chart-topping career and recent personal challenges.<\/p>\n Known for blending humour, vulnerability and boundary-pushing queer visibility, the Grammy-winning artist appears ready to enter a new chapter \u2014 one focused on recovery, honesty and music.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source gayexpress.co.nz \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lil Nas X has shared a personal update with fans following a difficult start to 2026. The \u201cOld Town Road\u201d rapper was arrested in August 2025 over alleged battery of police officers, but the charges were dismissed in April 2026 on the condition that he complete a two-year treatment programme. Now, Lil Nas X says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2464821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[344866,24003,425093,351627,22729,26626,484824,484825,382586,484826],"class_list":["post-2464820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-bipolar-disorder","tag-celebrity-news","tag-lgbtq-artists","tag-lil-nas-x","tag-mental-health","tag-new-music","tag-old-town-road","tag-queer-entertainment","tag-recovery","tag-treatment-programme"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lil-Nas-X-Shares-Recovery-Update-And-Teases-New-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464822,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464820\/revisions\/2464822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}