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Lil Nas X shares a video update after getting mental health care: 'There's less fear in my heart'

Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Lil Nas X shares a video update after getting mental health care: 'There's less fear in my heart' — WPLG Local 10, Coconut Creek Arts news
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NEW YORK (AP) — The musician Lil Nas X posted a moving video update to his Instagram on Wednesday morning. In the nearly three-minute clip, the artist — born Montero Lamar Hill — shared that he “has been in rehab for a few months,” and since then, has returned home to both Atlanta, where he is from and his family lives, and Los Angeles, where he resides.The update comes in response to an event last summer in which the musician was charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers.In April, a judge allowed the 27-year-old to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the charges being dismissed. The musician was eligible for the program because the court found that the encounter involving police was the result of his since-diagnosed bipolar disorder and appeared to be an aberration compared with his usual behavior.In Wednesday's video, Lil Nas X publicly discussed his mental health diagnosis. “I have a therapist now and a psychiatrist, which has been really helpful. Wh

Source: WPLG Local 10

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