Lil Nas X
Father Says He Cried Seeing His ‘Child Boy’ In Jail
Revealed August 31, 2025 4:52 AM PDT
Lil Nas X’s father is coming to his son’s protection, saying the rapper’s very public meltdown whereas strolling bare in Los Angeles is as a result of immense pressures of the music enterprise, in line with a brand new report.
Robert Stafford sat down with The Sunday Instances for his first interview since Nas bailed out of L.A. County jail final Monday — and he immediately addressed his son’s “breakdown,” which he blames on the leisure business.
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Stafford says he understands how the music biz works as a gospel singer and warns … “It’s like a excessive. If you get to that degree, you need that drug once more, you need to hit that prime once more.”
Stafford additionally claims Nas is coping with all of the pressures of attempting to maintain up together with his early success as an artist, successful 2 Grammy Awards and different accolades.
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Not solely that … however Stafford says Nas is the first bread winner who’s tasked with supporting his household, whereas additionally grappling together with his mom’s drug habit.
What’s extra, Stafford described what it was like to go to Nas in jail, inflicting each to interrupt down in tears. He stated, “To see my child boy on the opposite aspect of that cup. We shed tears with one another for a minute. And I needed to inform him that ‘what you’re going by is regular.'”
As we first reported … Nas was caught on digital camera sashaying bare down an L.A. road within the wee hours of August 21. Nas then allegedly assaulted 3 law enforcement officials who had been attempting to take him into custody after receiving a report of a person probably on medication.
Prosecutors charged Nas with 4 felonies, together with battery with harm on a police officer. Nas was launched from jail on $75,000 bail.
