Lil Nas X’s father, Robert Stafford, has opened up about his emotional response to the hip-hop star’s current felony arrest.
Stafford defined to The Occasions that the August twenty first incident in Los Angeles, wherein his son was discovered wandering the streets in simply underwear and boots earlier than charging at police, leading to hospitalization, was a response to coping with the pressures of fame.
“I perceive how the music enterprise is,” Stafford stated. “It’s like a excessive. Once you get to that stage, you need that drug once more, you need to hit that top once more.”
Lil Nas X, born Montero Lamar Hill, was finally charged with three felony counts of battery with damage on a police officer and one felony rely of resisting an government officer. After spending a weekend in jail, he was launched on $75,000 bond, with the situation that he attend drug therapy. If convicted, he may withstand 5 years in jail.
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“For a 26-year-old to should take care of what he’s coping with — to be a breadwinner for lots of people, the shortcoming to alter his mom’s scenario and the stress he places on himself,” Stafford stated, revealing that the singer’s mom is battling dependancy, and has rejected her son’s makes an attempt at serving to her. “That may weigh closely in your coronary heart.”
Stafford talked concerning the shock of seeing his son behind bars, and that the pair “shed tears with one another for a minute,” including that, “I needed to inform him that ‘what you’re going by way of is regular.’ All of us have breakdowns from time to time, however the distinction is, yours get performed out within the public eye.”
The star’s father additionally talked about how Lil Nas X was remorseful, particularly with regard to his followers. “He requested me to say, ‘inform all people I’m sorry they noticed me like that’,” Stafford stated. “Even in that second, he was apologizing to folks for one thing he was going by way of.”
Lil Nas X addressed his followers straight, getting on Instagram Tales to speak concerning the expertise.
“Your woman is gonna be OK, y’all,” he stated. “OK? She’s gonna be all proper. Shit. That was fucking terrifying. That was terrifying. That was a terrifying final 4 days. However your woman is gonna be all proper.”
Finally, Stafford thinks the incident is usually a exhausting however helpful lesson for his son. “Hopefully, it is a turning level in his psychological stability,” he stated. “Typically God will take you thru your worst second to provide you your greatest second.”
