Lil Nas X is facing four total felony charges over accusations that he attacked police officers and resisted arrest on Thursday (Aug. 21), while wandering naked in Los Angeles.

Prosecutors confirmed to Billboard on Monday (Aug. 25) that they had charged “Old Town Road” rapper (born Montero Hill) with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting executive officer over the alleged incident, which saw the star hospitalized.

In a statement last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said Lil Nas had “charged at officers and was taken into custody” after they found him wandering nude on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley. He was later taken to a hospital to be treated for a “possible overdose.” A widely circulated video showed Lil Nas walking the streets in only white underwear and white cowboy boots.

An arraignment hearing for Lil Nas is scheduled for later on Monday. If eventually convicted of battery with injury on a police officer, the star could face up to three years in prison for each count. Reps for the the rapper did not immediately return a request for comment.

TMZ first published the video of Nas roaming Los Angeles in the buff. In the video clip, he tells the person filming, “Don’t be late to the party tonight,” while mimicking a series of dance moves. The incident came a day after he cleared his Instagram page, updated his name on the app to “Queen Madeline” and began repopulating it with a series of odd posts of himself in a series of costumes.

Monday’s charges came after Lil Nas sat in jail all weekend. On Friday, a spokersperson for the LAPD told Billboard that the artist “cannot be cited out,” and that “it is mandatory that he appears before a judge before he is released.”

Is Cardi B the drama? Even she isn’t sure — including when it comes to her tensions with other female rappers in the music industry.

While speaking to Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1 in an interview posted Monday (Aug. 25), the Bronx native opened up about why she thinks people are always pulling her into feuds online and in person, a phenomenon that inspired the title of her upcoming sophomore album, Am I the Drama? After years of reflection, Cardi has concluded that she simply has a natural quality that elicits strong reactions from other people.

“It’s like, ‘Damn, does drama chase me? Or am I the drama?’” she told Lowe. “I just really think I was born with an anointed light. Sometimes the light is great, but it also disturbs people’s peace. It draws people to me, and it’s not always going to be good. That light might bother people … maybe it’s too bright, it’s too loud. It’s always been like this to me.”

That gravitational relationship between herself and drama has carried over from her high-school days into her professional life, the Grammy winner says. “Even in the industry, there is a lot of different female rappers, but for some reason, it’s something about me that these b—hes can’t stand,” she explained on Apple Music 1. “They can’t f–k with me. Some b—hes, I feel like they’re on this class right now, they’re sophomores, and I’m a senior. And it’s like, you want to f–k with the senior so bad. You think you’re here with the senior. You’re not even a junior. You need to worry about them other sophomores before you start worrying about the f–king senior.”

“It’s something about [me] that it’s like, they can’t even focus on them,” Cardi added. “They got to focus on me. And they always got to focus on throwing me shots and throwing me slings … and I’m sick of it. It’s like, f–k you, f–k everybody.”

Though the hip-hop titan didn’t name names, it’s no secret that she’s found herself in the middle of numerous public spats over the years. In addition to her widely publicized conflict with fellow rap queen Nicki Minaj, Cardi has also traded barbs on social media with artists such as JT of City Girls, Akbar V and Bia.

But while fans will have to wait a few more weeks to hear whether Cardi addresses any of her feuds on Am I the Drama?, which drops Sept. 19, she did recently release a single from the LP titled “Imaginary Playerz.” The track samples Jay-Z’s 1997 song “Imaginary Players,” and on Apple Music 1, Cardi spoke about having the mogul approve her use of his work on her album.

“When it was time to submit it to get approved, I was a little scared,” she revealed. “I was a little shaky. ‘Wait a minute, Jay-Z got to approve it.’ I mean, I always knew that he got to approve it, but it was like, how about if he don’t approve it? How about if he f–king likes it? And he did like it. And it’s so crazy, the text message of him approving it, it was at 4:44 p.m.”

Watch Cardi’s full interview with Lowe above.

Drake has been staunch in standing alongside Tory Lanez, calling for his freedom on multiple occasions after the singer was convicted in the 2020 felony shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.

The 6 God had some time on Sunday (Aug. 24), as he hopped into the comments of a resurfaced Tory Lanez Genius interview clip, which found the singer reciting bars to Lil Wayne’s Dedication 2 classic “Cannon.”

“Of course this good Markman couldn’t finish the bar… Free Tory,” Drake wrote while mocking journalist Rob Markman. The clip features a 2019 interview between Markman and Lanez, who stopped by for an episode of the journalist’s For the Record series on Genius.

Markman fired back on X, referencing Drake’s ongoing lawsuit against Universal Music Group. “I could call him names too But you know he love to sue,” he quipped.

It’s not the first time Drake has taken shots at Markman. Back in 2019, he hopped into Joe Budden’s Instagram Live and wanted to see Budden play any of his collection of Drake diss tracks or Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon.”

“Yo play your diss songs for me right now I want to see if they ring off,” he wrote. “Play story of adidon right now and see if it rings off I promise the only person that’s gonna know the words is Rob Markman.”

Lanez is currently serving a 10-year sentence for the felony shooting of Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. He was convicted of three felonies in December 2022 and sentenced in August 2023.

Lanez was stabbed in prison in May, which resulted in him being hospitalized to treat his injuries.

As for Drake, he’s teasing a second interview with Bobbi Althoff, which appears as if it will be the launch episode of her Not This Again podcast.

Walk, walk, fashion, baby! Lady Gaga recently joined her Little Monsters in the chic virtual world of Roblox’s Dress to Impress game, where she apparently teased her upcoming song “Dead Dance” while players strutted down the virtual runway wearing some of her most iconic looks.

During a special Mayhem-themed “meet and greet” event on Dress to Impress Saturday (Aug. 23), the pop superstar played alongside fans as they put together outfits inspired by pieces in her closet, modeling them on a catwalk and competing for the highest scores. And in case people who ended up in the same “dressing rooms” as Gaga didn’t believe it was actually her behind the controls, the 14-time Grammy winner shared two photos of herself playing the game on her iPad on X.

“In case you were wondering if it was me #MAYHEMtoImpress #dresstoimpress,” she wrote Saturday.

The digital event came ahead of the release of Gaga’s new song “Dead Dance,” which the superstar wrote and recorded for the second season of Netflix’s Jenna Ortega-led series Wednesday. The final four episodes of the installment — in which the singer will also make a cameo — are set to premiere on Sept. 3.

While playing Dress to Impress, some players captured screenshots of what looked like Gaga’s avatar teasing the new track. “TOTAL MAYHEM in here, who is excited for THE DEAD DANCE,” read one pop-up message.

“Dead Dance” will mark Gaga’s first release since her critically acclaimed Mayhem album, which dropped in March and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. She’s currently promoting the LP on her Mayhem Ball tour.

And while her spin on Dress to Impress was certainly new territory for Gaga, it’s not the first time she’s promoted her music by partnering with a video game. Last year, the vocalist headlined Fortnite Festival, a Rock Band-esque extension of Fortnite.