LL COOL J is set to host the 2025 MTV VMAs, which will air live coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

This will be his first time as the show’s solo host. He co-hosted in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow. (The VMAs have favored hip-hop stars as show hosts in recent years. Minaj solo-hosted in 2023. Megan Thee Stallion did the honors last year.)

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LL has a rich VMAs history. He won best rap in 1991 for “Mama Said Knock You Out” and was the first rapper to

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