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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Lil Nas X was ordered to attend drug rehab meetings by a Los Angeles judge Monday, as the rapper was poised to post $75,000 bail after he was charged with four felonies for allegedly attacking cops when they spotted him strolling through the city naked last week.

The “Old Town Road” singer, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, pleaded not guilty Monday to three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer for the bizarre Aug. 21 caught-on-camera incident that unfolded on Ventura Boulevard just before 6 a.m.


  Lil Nas X with his attorney Christy O’Connor at his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 25, 2025. Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Lil Nas X with his attorney Christy O’Connor at his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 25, 2025. Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Lil Nas X was seen roaming the streets of LA naked. TMZ / BACKGRID
The rapper holding up a traffic cone during the incident. TMZ / BACKGRID

The 26-year-old Grammy winner, wearing blue jail garb, only spoke briefly during the hearing to say, “yes,” when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Martin Herscovitz asked if Hill would agree to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

“The police report said he was sent to the hospital as a possible overdose,” Herscovitz said.

“That is correct, but we don’t know if that was actually accurate or just some officer’s hunch that was corroborated,” Hill’s lawyer Christy O’Connor answered. “We don’t know what happened.”


  The rapper was charged with charged with battery with injury on a police officer and resisting an executive officer. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The rapper was charged with charged with battery with injury on a police officer and resisting an executive officer. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The “Sun Goes Down” rhymer spent the weekend behind bars but O’Connor said her client would post bail and expected him to be released later Monday.

During the 10-minute hearing in the Van Nuys courthouse, O’Connor opposed prosecutors’ request to hold Hill on $300,000 bail, arguing he had a squeaky clean slate prior to the arrest and that this was a one-time incident. 

“This man has never so much as gotten in a schoolyard scuffle,” O’Connor told the judge. “Assuming the allegations here are true, this is an absolute aberration in this person’s life. Nothing like this has ever happened, your honor.”


  Lil Nas X’s father Robert Fford leaving court after his son’s arraignment. David Buchan/New York Post Lil Nas X’s father Robert Fford leaving court after his son’s arraignment. David Buchan/New York Post

When asked if Hill had a history of drug abuse after the hearing, Hill’s dad, Robert Stanford, told The Post, “Absolutely not.”

“He’s great,” Stanford said of his son later to a group of reporters. “Only thing I can say is God is good. He is good and He has a plan.”

“He’s very remorseful for what happened,” the dad said of his rapper son. “It can happen to any family. He’s going to get the help he needs. So keep him in your prayers.”

During last week’s incident, Hill could be seen on video meandering down the busy street in Studio City only wearing white underwear and matching cowboy boots. At one point, he hoisted an orange traffic cone above his head. 

The police were called to the scene and Hill allegedly charged the officers who were forced to subdue him, before cuffing him and bringing him to a hospital for a possible overdose, according to prosecutors. He was later taken to the Van Nuys jail.

Hill allegedly attacked four officers using “force and violence” and “threats” against them to avoid getting arrested, according to a criminal complaint.

He’s due back in court on Sept. 15.

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