Lil Nas X, or Montero Lamar Hill, has a net worth of $9 million as per Celebrity Net Worth. Hill was arrested and taken to a hospital after he was caught roaming around Studio City in his underwear on the morning of August 21, as per NBC.
The artist then allegedly had an incident with an officer and was booked on a charge of battery, as per the LAPD. The rapper was then taken to the hospital for treatment and has since been discharged and booked.
As per police spokesperson, Charles Miller, the rapper was suspected of a drug overdose, and there is no further word on his condition. As per footage obtained by TMZ, Nas can be seen wearing only underwear and cowboy boots, claiming that he was heading to a party.
Lil Nas X's fortune explored
Lil Nas X has a net worth of $9 million as per Celebrity Net Worth. Nas was raised outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and is the son of a gospel singer. He started his music career by first making Facebook videos, before moving to Instagram and Twitter, where he created pop culture memes.
After racking up enough viewers through his accounts, the budding artist used the platform as a launchpad. He dropped the SoundCloud mixtape Nasarati in 2018. He then purchased a beat for $39 from a producer and recorded Old Town Road at a local studio for $20. His track went viral and debuted at 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. It quickly shot to No.1 and stayed there for 19 consecutive weeks.
As per Forbes, his breakout track made Lil Nas X $14 million in profits after selling more than 18.4 million copies in pure sales and streaming equivalents. His debut full-length album, Montero, sold 126,000 copies in its first week with 147 million streaming equivalents. In 2020, Nas hosted a concert with Roblox, which had over 33 million visitors. Along with payments for performing in the virtual event, the star also made big money off of merchandise tied to the Roblox performances. During a CogX conference, Roblox's head of music, Jon Vlassopulo,s said,
"The merch for Nas is creeping towards eight figures. We're in healthy seven figures. That's money."
Nas's next track, HOLIDAY, released in November 2020, went platinum in the U.S, Australia, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden and double platinum in Brazil.
The artist made more money through his Doritos commercial. In March 2021, Lil Nas X bought a $2.4 million home in Sherman Oaks, California.