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Lil Nas X’s VMA acceptance scroll became an instant meme

It’s been a good year for Lil Nas X, who came out in June, had a song sit in the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 for 19 weeks (more than any other tune in history), and took home the trophy for “Song of the Year” at the MTV VMAs Monday night.

Upon accepting the award for “Old Town Road”, the  20-year-old rapper unraveled a scroll to read his acceptance speech.

It was a moment:

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A moment that then created more moments:

He also performed a futuristic/retro “Panini”:

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