Beloved Rapper Reveals Bipolar Diagnosis: 'Living Life on Extreme Hard Mode'
Rapper Lil Nas X made his return to social media after more than two months away, where he shared a vulnerable life update.
"There's no way I'm going to be able to make this not awkward. Because it's really awkward for me," Lil Nas X - real name Montero Lamar Hill - began in a Wednesday, June 17, Instagram announcement.
"First, where I've been. I've been in rehab for a few months," he said. "And since then I've been, you know, back at home. Whether it's in Atlanta with my family or in Los Angeles with myself...trying to ground myself down to Earth and get out of my head."
The "Old Town Road" artist added that he now has a therapist and a psychiatrist.
"Which has been really helpful. When I got my bipolar disorder diagnosis-I feel like I had known for like the past few years, but I wouldn't admit to it because I didn't want to have to take medication and have people think different of me," he explained.
"I'm already Black and gay," he laughed. "Damn, God, give me like-I'm like living life on like extreme hard mode."
The Grammy Award winner, who was arrested in August 2025 after being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles nearly naked, was granted mental health diversion program in April.
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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM.