MTV has announced that rapper Megan Thee Stallion will host the 2024 Video Music Awards live on September 11 at 8:00pm ET/PT from New York’s UBS Arena. This will be her first time emceeing an awards show, and she’ll be the latest in a recent tradition of music artists who have headlined the annual event.
Megan Thee Stallion is a three-time Grammy winner, claiming Best New Artist in 2021 along with Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for “Savage (Remix)” featuring Beyonce. She has also won two VMAs: Best Power Anthem for “Hot Girl Summer” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign in 2019 and Best Hip-Hop for “Savage” in 2020. This year she’s a five-time VMA nominee: Best Collaboration for “Wanna Be” with GloRilla, plus Best Hip-Hop, Best Art Direction, Best Direction and Best Visual Effects for “Boa.”
The VMAs, like many awards shows, were typically hosted by comedians like Arsenio Hall, Dennis Miller and Jack Black, but in recent years the music network has given the mic to the music stars like the now infamous Diddy, Miley Cyrus, 2024 Video Vanguard Award recipient Katy Perry, Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, LL Cool J, Minaj and now Megan.
This year Megan released her third studio album, “Megan,” featuring her third number-one single, “Hiss.” She previously topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the aforementioned “Savage” as well as “WAP” with Cardi B. “Megan” debuted at number-three on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it the highest-charting rap album by a woman to be released in 2024. She’s currently in the midst of her first headlining concert tour, the “Hot Girl Summer Tour.”
