Today is actor Timothée Chalamet's birthday and he's 29 now. But back in 2012, when he was only 16, the man who's currently starring as titan-among-titans Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown (out just days ago) had an experience that he claims rerouted the course of his life. And in 2012, that could only mean one thing: meeting face-to-face with eccentric rapper/early meme adopter Lil B.

Chalamet revealed his story of meeting the BasedGod to famed, pretty-quirky-himself interviewer Nardwuar the Human Serviette during an hour-long conversation over record shopping in Santa Monica.

“I had $50 from a commercial I did, I bribed a kid to give me his ticket,” Chalamet told Nardwuar. “I was in there alone, you know, front row to the right. I raised my hand, I got called on by him, told him I was going to ask out a crush. He invited me on stage and he knighted me. And honestly, he said, ‘That boy’s hands been blessed,’ and from there, my acting career took off. Thank you, BasedGod. I was struggling before that, basically just done Royal Pains, and, you know, I was nominated for an Oscar by the time I was 22.”

Knighted. Anyone named Kevin Durant can tell you that having Lil B alter your fortunes can be very serious, as the rapper put a hex on the basketball player in 2011 and didn't lift the curse until five years later. Chalamet even credited Lil B for trailblazing against homophobia in rap: “Lil B is a hugely formative artist in my life and career. He dropped an album called I’m Gay, and the rollout was very ambiguous about his sexuality or the meaning of the album. I was just inspired about the sense that, wow, this guy’s just doing whatever the fuck he wants.” Lil B has since responded. Positively, natch.