{"id":145819,"date":"2025-08-14T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145819\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:07:10","slug":"ll-cool-j-set-to-host-2025-mtv-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145819\/","title":{"rendered":"LL Cool J Set to Host 2025 MTV VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ll-cool-j\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ll-cool-j_1\" data-tag=\"ll-cool-j\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LL Cool J<\/a>, who is among <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/vmas-2025-nominees-complete-list-1236337370\/\">the nominees<\/a> at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/mtv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mtv_1\" data-tag=\"mtv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MTV<\/a> Video Music Awards, will do double duty at the show, as it was announced Thursday he will also serve as the night\u2019s host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe rapper will take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/vmas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_vmas_1\" data-tag=\"vmas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VMAs<\/a> stage solo for the first time, after previously serving as co-emcee in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow.\u00a0LL Cool J has a long history with the show as well, as he took home his first Moon Person in 1991 for best rap, was the first rapper to receive the Video Vanguard Award in 1997, and has performed in tributes for Def Jam Recording\u2019s 40th anniversary and for hip-hop turning 50. This year, his single \u201cMurdergram Deux\u201d (ft. Eminem) is nominated for the best hip-hop category, off of his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/ll-cool-j-finding-balance-acting-music-careers-the-force-1235994988\/\">recent album<\/a> The Force.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/mike-the-situation-sorrentino-memoir-adapted-as-documentary-1236342475\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mike-Sorrentino-Main-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Sorrentino\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/vmas-2025-nominees-complete-list-1236337370\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2213281184.jpg\" alt=\"Lady Gaga performs during a show at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe VMAs are set to air live from New York\u2019s UBS Arena on Sept. 7, with Lady Gaga leading this year\u2019s nominations. Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Ros\u00e9, Sabrina Carpenter and The Weeknd are also among the top contenders, and the race for most-ever VMAs wins continues between Beyonc\u00e9\u00a0and\u00a0Taylor Swift, who are both nominated for artist of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe awards will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/mtv-video-music-awards-cbs-1236180934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">air on CBS<\/a>\u00a0for the first time in addition to their longtime home on\u00a0MTV\u00a0and stream live on Paramount+ (for subscribers to the service\u2019s premium plan). Former MTV head\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/former-mtv-head-van-toffler-vmas-producer-1236298461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Van Toffler<\/a>\u00a0and his company Gunpowder &amp; Sky will produce the show along with Den of Thieves. Additional performers, presenters and special guests to be revealed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LL Cool J, who is among the nominees at this year\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards, will do double&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,34958,18078,75364,975,67,132,68,75217],"class_list":{"0":"post-145819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ll-cool-j","10":"tag-mtv","11":"tag-mtv-video-music-awards","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-vmas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115028692039088059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145819","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=145819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}