{"id":145673,"date":"2025-08-14T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145673\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:51:10","slug":"ll-cool-j-to-host-2025-mtv-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145673\/","title":{"rendered":"LL COOL J to Host 2025 MTV VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLL COOL J<\/a> is set to host the 2025 MTV VMAs<\/a>, which will air live coast-to-coast from New York\u2019s UBS Arena on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis will be his first time as the show\u2019s solo host. He co-hosted <\/a>in 2022 with Nicki Minaj<\/a> and Jack Harlow<\/a>. (The VMAs<\/a> have favored hip-hop stars as show hosts in recent years. Minaj solo-hosted in 2023. Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> did the honors last year.)<\/p>\n

\n\tLL has a rich VMAs history. He won best rap in 1991 for \u201cMama Said Knock You Out\u201d and was the first rapper to receive the Video Vanguard Award in 1997. He also performed on the last two VMAs telecasts \u2013 he participated in an all-star salute to hip-hop\u2019s 50th anniversary in 2023 and led a 40th-anniversary salute to Def Jam Recordings in 2024. The latter segment also featured surprise guests Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year, LL\u2019s single \u201cMurdergram Deaux\u201d (feat. Eminem) is nominated for best hip-hop. The song was taken from his 2024 album THE FORCE.<\/p>\n

\n\tLL has emceed many awards shows, most notably the Grammys, which he hosted for five consecutive years from 2012-16.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional performers, presenters and special guests will be revealed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\n\tLady Gaga<\/a>\u00a0leads the nominations <\/a>for the 2025 MTV Video Music\u00a0Awards<\/a>\u00a0with 12 nods, followed closely by her \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d duet partner\u00a0Bruno Mars<\/a>, who has 11 nods. Other top contenders are\u00a0Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u00a0(10),\u00a0ROS\u00c9<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u00a0(eight each),\u00a0Ariana Grande<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Weeknd<\/a>\u00a0(seven each) and\u00a0Billie Eilish\u00a0<\/a>(six).<\/p>\n

\n\tMTV has yet to announce this year\u2019s recipient of the Video Vanguard Award, but Billboard\u2019s Andrew Unterberger listed e<\/a>i<\/a>g<\/a>h<\/a>t<\/a> likely candidates<\/a> \u2013 in ascending order of perceived likelihood. (Last year, he correctly predicted Katy Perry as the Vanguard recipient, so he knows what he\u2019s talking about.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThis will mark the first time the show has been broadcast by CBS<\/a>. It will also simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2025 MTV VMAs are executive produced by Bruce Gillmer, Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic, and Barb Bialkowski. Gunpowder & Sky CEO Van Toffler is producer. Alicia Portugal is co-executive producer. Jackie Barba is executive in charge of production. Wendy Plaut is executive in charge of celebrity talent. Lisa Lauricella is executive in charge of music talent.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis marks Toffler\u2019s return to the show<\/a> following a decade-long absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LL COOL J is set to host the 2025 MTV VMAs, which will air live coast-to-coast from New…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[5800,171,52616,75364,86239,975,67,132,68,75217],"class_list":{"0":"post-145673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-genre-rap","11":"tag-mtv-video-music-awards","12":"tag-mtv-vmas","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-vmas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115028392960873456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}