Lil Nas X held on suspicion of charging at LA police

Lil Nas X is being held in jail (Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Rapper Lil Nas X was arrested and briefly taken to hospital amid fears of an overdose after allegedly charging at officers responding to a report of a naked man walking on a busy Los Angeles boulevard.

Lil Nas X, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, is being held in jail on suspicion of obstructing an officer.