The rapper and singer-songwriter won the award for his iconic Montero (Call Me By Your Name) music video, which spent five weeks at number one in the UK earlier this year.
The video faced fierce criticism from conservative critics, who slammed its sexually explicit nature and depictions of religious themes.
In his acceptance speech for the award, Lil Nas X brilliantly showed how unbothered he is by the criticism as he thanked the LGBTQ+ community for their support. “Let’s go,” the Old Town Road star said. “Wow, oh my God.
Okay, first I wanna say thank you to the gay agenda, let’s go gay agenda!” His words were met with an uproar of cheers from the crowd before Lil Nas X went on to thank several members of his team for their work.