Lil Nas X, the 20-year-old rapper who came out as gay before “Old Town Road” spent a record-breaking 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, won “Song of the Year” at the MTV VMAs. Collaborator Billy Ray Cyrus was on hand to celebrate.
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Lil Nas X became a meme after pulling out a scroll on which he had written his acceptance speech. Which is appropriate of course, as the track’s trajectory was launched via memes.
He also did a TRON-inspired performance of his track “Panini”.
