LL Cool J to Host 2025 MTV VMAs on CBS

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 Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network- 7:00 PM, CT, on CBS Lake Charles, simulcast on MTV.

 

• 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 critically acclaimed 2024 album THE FORCE.

Additional performers, presenters and special guests to be revealed in the coming weeks.

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