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Lil Nas X gets candid about bipolar disorder, rehab after mental health episode: 'I'm feeling better'

Lil Nas X spoke out on Instagram about his mental health episode last summer that ended in his arrest. 'There's less fear in my heart,' the Grammy winner said in his video.

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Lil Nas X gets candid about bipolar disorder, rehab after mental health episode: ‘I’m feeling better’, Lil Nas X spoke out on Instagram about his mental health episode last summer that ended in his arrest. ‘There’s less fear in my heart,’ the Grammy winner said in his video.

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