Out rapper Lil Nas X takes top prize at Video Music Awards

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2021 MTV Video Music Awards - Show - Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S., September 12, 2021 - Lil Nas X accepts the award for Best Direction for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)." (Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)

Rapper Lil Nas X and pop star Justin Bieber won the top prizes at MTV’s annual Video Music Awards (VMA) show on Sunday, in a ceremony packed with surprise appearances, live performances and thousands of masked fans.

Newcomer Olivia Rodrigo and…