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Lil Wayne smashes guitar, tags wall in VMA promo

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(CBS) Rapper Lil Wayne conjures up 30 years of MTV in 30 seconds in a promo for the MTV Video Music Awards, paying homage to some of the biggest moments and stars of MTV's past.

In the clip, Wayne tags a wall with graffiti, smashes a guitar a la Kurt Cobain (let's hope he doesn't take an instrument in the face like Cobain's bandmate Krist Novoselic did at the 1992 VMAs) and gets a tattoo. Briefly seen is a Run DMC T-shirt and later, a T-shirt featuring Tupac Shakur.

The MTV VMAs air Sunday, Aug. 28. Scheduled performers include Adele, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.

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