Lil Nas X replies to a French surfer on Twitter

Lil Nas X at the Tom Ford Fashion Show on February 7, 2020, in Los Angeles.

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Best to think carefully before you tweet.

But a French internet user did not follow this basic rule of social networks.

On Sunday, he posted on his Twitter account a photo of Tupac Shakur, dressed in black and giving two fingers of honor to the lens, and another of Lil Nas X, posing in fuchsia studded clothes, accompanied by the comment: "There you go. why I stopped listening to US [American] rap ”.

The opposition between the rapper who died in 1996 and the 21-year-old artist known in particular for his hit

, arrived before the eyes of the latter who cracked a scathing response.

nigga completely stopped listening to a genre of music because i wore pink lmaoo https://t.co/b3idJxiAxy

- nope (@LilNasX) February 7, 2021

"Exploded with laughter"

"The guy completely stopped listening to a musical genre because I wore pink, I'm bursting with laughter," mocked Lil Nas X who has seen his response be favored more than 279,000 times and retweeted 24,000 times since he published it.

A month ago, the

remix

performed by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, released in April 2019, was certified for the 14th time platinum single in the United States.

A record in the American music industry.

And arguably the best answer to derogatory comments on social media.

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