LL COOL J to Host 2025 MTV “VMAs” on CBS

Show Airs LIVE from UBS Arena on Monday, September 8th at 01:00 CAT on MTV (DStv Channel 130)

Entertainment icon and GRAMMY® and VMA Award-winner, LL COOL J, will host the 2025 MTV “VMAs” LIVE coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena Monday, September 8 at 01:00 CAT on MTV (DStv Channel 130). The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Hip-Hop trailblazer will take the “VMAs” reins solo for the first time, after previously serving as co-emcee in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow.

He took home his first Moon Person in 1991 for “Best Rap” and was the first rapper to receive the Video Vanguard Award in 1997.
Other milestone moments on the “VMAs” stage include a show-stopping celebration for Def Jam Recording’s 40th anniversary with surprise guest Public Enemy in 2024 and celebrating Hip-Hop turning 50 with an all-star tribute in 2023.
This year, his single “Murdergram Deaux” (ft. Eminem) is nominated for “Best Hip-Hop.” The song was off his 2024 critically acclaimed album THE FORCE.

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