Lil Nas X speaks out for first time after Studio City arrest: 'That was terrifying'

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
STUDIO CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Rapper Lil Nas X spoke out for the first time after spending the weekend in jail, calling it a "terrifying last four days."

The 26-year-old hip-hop artist, whose real name is Montero Hill, shared an Instagram story Monday morning, saying things "are going to be alright."

"That was [expletive] terrifying," he said. "That was terrifying. That was a terrifying last four days, but ya girl is going to be alright."

Hill has pleaded not guilty to four felonies, including three counts of battery including injury on a police officer. He was released on a $75,000 bond. As a condition to being released, Hill must attend four Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week or attend outpatient treatment.

Authorities say he charged at officers who confronted him for walking naked down Ventura Boulevard in Studio City last week. Prosecutors on Monday also charged him with resisting an executive officer.



Hill was seen walking nearly nude down the street in a video recorded by a passing driver.

The footage was provided to the entertainment website TMZ.



Police found Hill early Friday. Suspecting a possible overdose, they took him to a hospital before arresting him.

Hill's lawyer told a judge that if the allegations were true, this was an "aberration" in his life.



"I think he senses that people care about him right now. I mean, you know, being in a county jail is a crappy place to be, but I think it is really a moment where you realize you have to address whatever happened," Hill's attorney, Drew Findling, said on Monday. "But at the same time, he knows there's an outpouring of support and love for him, and that's going to make anybody feel good at their darkest day, because this has to be his darkest day right now."

His next court hearing is set for mid-September.

Hill is best known for his 2018 hit "Old Town Road," which merged country and hip-hop. It spent a record 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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