Lil Nas X was reportedly amongst 4 Individuals stopped by Norwegian police after they rode via an Oslo tunnel on electrical scooters. Authorities briefly closed the Festning (Fortress) Tunnel however not one of the scooter riders had been detained or charged.
The vacationers had adopted a GPS route into the 1.1 mile tunnel late on Monday night (July 11), police mentioned. The 4 “used massive components of the roadway” so a highway site visitors centre needed to shut down some lanes, police added.
“They apologized. We now have escorted them out,” the police division mentioned on Twitter of the incident through which the 4 appeared to get misplaced within the tunnel. At press time a spokesperson for Lil Nas couldn’t be reached for touch upon the alleged incident.
Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported that Lil Nas X, 24, whose actual title is Montero Lamar Hill, was one of many 4 vacationers. The paper posted what it mentioned was a picture from Lil Nas’ Instagram Story through which the MC posed with two Norwegian cops in entrance of their automotive, with the rapper kneeling on the bottom between the smiling officers.
Lil Nas’ story additionally reportedly featured a snap of the “Trade Child” star standing contained in the tunnel with the caption, “on the best way to being imprisoned in Norway.” Police didn’t verify that Lil Nas was amongst these stopped — they solely reported that they stopped 4 Individuals for getting misplaced within the tunnel — however the posts from Nas appeared to substantiate the report.
The musician is in Oslo to carry out on the out of doors Slottsffell pageant on Wednesday (July 11).
It’s not the primary time {that a} overseas vacationer rode via a part of an enormous and busy tunnel system within the centre of the Norwegian capital on an electrical scooter. In 2019, a person who mentioned he adopted a route given by Google Maps entered the practically 10-mile lengthy Opera Tunnel advanced. He was not charged or detained.
