Timothée Chalamet says Lil B knighting him launched his acting career

Is Lil B the reason Timothée Chalamet is so successful? The Completely unknown Star certainly thinks so. In an interview with Narduwar, the actor (and hip-hop fan) shared that he attributes his success to a moment on stage with Lil B when he was still in college.

“Lil B is an extremely influential artist in my life and career. He released an album titled I’m gay and upon release there was much confusion about his sexuality or the meaning of the album. I was just inspired by the feeling of, ‘Wow, this guy does whatever the fuck he wants,'” Chalamet said, referring to the rapper’s 2011 LP. “It was just so cool to me that he This genre of hip-hop had it just being everywhere.”

Chalamet has told the story before vulturehe said he raised his hand during a public question-and-answer session with the rapper when the dune The actor asked him to knight him.

“I love Lil B. I met him at NYU. I had $50 from a commercial I did. I bribed a boy to give me his ticket. I was all alone in the front row on the right,” he told Narduwar. “I raised my hand and got a call from him and told him I was asking him out on a date. He invited me on stage and knighted me.”

“He said, ‘This boy’s hand has been blessed.’ And from there my acting career took off,” Chalamet said. “Thank you based God. Before that I was struggling, I had just made it Royal pain And then I was nominated for an Oscar before I was 22. Kudos to Lil B, without Lil B nothing is possible.”

Chalamet has long credited Lil B with being “transformative” in his career vulture that the rapper’s “sermons about living and letting live” really propelled him forward in his career.

“There’s a video of it online,” Chalamet said in 2017. “That’s recognizably me. I’ll see if anyone can find it.” In an interview in 2018, he credited Harry Styles iD MagazineChalamet explained that Lil B was “really impressive to me.”

In a recent video, Chalamet took the stage and knelt as Lil B knighted him, then kissed his hand as the crowd clapped for Chalamet and Lil B. “That’s my brother,” Lil B explained. “His hand is gold.”

In the Narduwar interview, Chalamet also joked that during a recent hangout with Tyler, the Creator, the rapper said he could “feel Chalamet’s aura” based on meeting Lil B.