Lil Nas X arrested for alleged battery on officer in LA, hospitalized for possible overdose

LOS ANGELES -- The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X was arrested Thursday morning in Los Angeles on suspicion of battery on a police officer and hospitalized for a possible overdose, ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC has learned.

Officers responded shortly before 6 a.m. to a call of a nude man walking in the street on the 11000-block of Ventura Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The location is just west of the 101 Freeway, near Vineland Avenue.

When officers arrived at the scene, the man charged toward them, said an LAPD spokesperson. The suspect was taken into custody and taken to a hospital.

The police department did not release the name of the suspect. Sources confirmed his identity to KABC.

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Lil Nas X won video of the year at the 2021 MTV VMAs. In 2019, he galloped his way to two new records on the Billboard charts thanks to the massive success of "Old Town Road."

The song that beat out Mariah Carey and "Despacito" to become the longest-running No. 1 hit in the history of the Hot 100 chart and also set records on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and Hot rap songs charts, respectively.

DEVELOPING: More details will be added to this report as they become available.