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LL Cool J To Host MTV Video Music Awards At UBS Arena

The rap icon previously co-hosted the show in 2022.

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LL Cool J is set to host the MTV Video Music Awards from UBS Arena on Sept. 7.
LL Cool J is set to host the MTV Video Music Awards from UBS Arena on Sept. 7. (Peter Yang)

ELMONT, NY — The MTA Video Music Awards (VMAs) has its host for Sept. 7 at UBS Arena.

Entertainment icon, Grammy and VMA Award-winner LL Cool J will emcee the broadcast on CBS. LL Cool J, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will host the VMAs solo for the first time. He served as co-host in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow.

LL Cool won his first Moon Person trophy in 1991 for Best Rap and was the first rapper to receive the Video Vanguard Award in 1997.

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