{"id":97073,"date":"2025-08-26T00:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97073\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:16:11","slug":"lil-nas-x-charged-with-4-felonies-accused-of-charging-at-police-officers-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97073\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X charged with 4 felonies, accused of charging at police officers – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rapper Lil Nas X<\/a> was charged with four felonies on Monday after police say he charged at them<\/a> when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors charged the Old Town Road rapper, 26, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer, the District Attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

He was initially booked on suspicion of misdemeanour obstructing an officer on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n

Nas is set to be arraigned later Monday and his representatives have not officially commented following the reports last week.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said officers found Nas walking naked on Ventura Boulevard, shortly before 6 a.m. local time on Friday.<\/p>\n

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They said he charged at the officers when confronted and was arrested. Police suspected a possible overdose and took him to a hospital where he spent several hours before being taken to jail, where he has remained since his arrest.<\/p>\n

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Someone driving by Nas recorded him, while he repeatedly pointed at the camera and at one point placed an orange traffic cone on his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, don\u2019t be late to the party tonight,\u201d Nas tells the person behind the camera. \u201cYou know where it\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you to put the phone down?\u201d he asks the person. \u201cUh-oh, somebody\u2019s going to have to pay for that!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nas goes on to say that it\u2019s going to be \u201ca beautiful sunrise\u201d and threatens to throw the person\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going to throw it far away so you never see it again. I don\u2019t like phones,\u201d he says in the video.<\/p>\n

According to TMZ, who first reported the incident<\/a>, several people in the area had reported seeing \u201ca naked man\u201d walking in the road. When the LAPD officers reportedly responded, they found Nas walking down the middle of the road.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the rapper rose to fame after his breakthrough single,\u00a0Old Town Road, became a viral hit.<\/p>\n

Nas is set to release his upcoming second studio album,\u00a0Dreamboy, later this year.<\/p>\n

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