Entertainment Awards Shows and Events Megan Thee Stallion Revealed as Host for 2024 MTV Video Music Awards The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards air live from UBS Arena in New York at 8 p.m. ET on Sept. 11 By Jack Irvin Jack Irvin Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022. Jack started in the industry with internships at Rolling Stone and Entertainment Tonight, and he worked as a freelance writer for publications including Bustle, MTV News, Shondaland, L’Officiel USA, Ladygunn, Flood and PopCrush before joining PEOPLE. In his current role, Jack covers daily music news and has interviewed both up-and-coming and established artists including Dolly Parton, Michelle Branch, Ashanti, Cyndi Lauper, Normani, Carly Rae Jepsen and Coco Jones. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 22, 2024 12:45PM EDT Comments Megan Thee Stallion. Photo: Julia Beverly/Getty Hotties, get ready for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. On Aug. 22, MTV revealed Megan Thee Stallion will serve as the host of this year's VMAs, where she's nominated for five awards. The "Mamushi" rapper received nods for the upcoming ceremony, including best collaboration for "Wanna Be" with GloRilla as well as best hip-hop, best visual effects, best direction and best art direction for "Boa." Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello and More to Perform at 2024 MTV Video Music Awards as Date Shifts Megan Thee Stallion performs in Los Angeles in June 2024. Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Nicki Minaj hosted the previous two VMAs ceremonies. Nominations for the 2024 MTV VMAs were led by Taylor Swift with 10, followed by Post Malone with nine, while Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem and Ariana Grande each earned six. Katy Perry will be honored at the ceremony with the coveted video vanguard award, and she will perform a medley of hits from her catalog — plus, presumably, some new material from her upcoming 143 album. Katy Perry to Receive Video Vanguard Award at 2024 MTV VMAs: A 'True Pop Culture Icon' Megan Thee Stallion performs in Los Angeles in June 2024. Kevin Winter/Getty Other performers at this year's VMAs will include Carpenter, Benson Boone, Camila Cabello, Chappell Roan, GloRilla, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz, LISA of Blackpink and Rauw Alejandro. The 2024 MTV VMAs air live from the UBS Arena in New York at 8 p.m. ET. Megan's hosting gig comes shortly after the release of her self-titled third album in June. The project has spawned multiple hits, including the chart-topping "Hiss" and viral "Mamushi" with Yuki Chiba. The "WAP" rapper also recently wrapped her Hot Girl Summer Tour in July. During the final show of the run at the O2 Arena in London, she brought out Chiba, 34, as a surprise guest for the debut live performance of "Mamushi." Since its release on Megan's latest album, the bilingual song has gone viral on TikTok, where it's soundtracked more than 1.8 million videos, and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The NSFW "Mamushi" music video dropped earlier this month. Titled after a snake found in Japan, the track is one of several on Megan's latest album to feature a snake motif, as others include "Boa," "Hiss," "Rattle" and "Cobra." Megan Thee Stallion Brings Out Yuki Chiba in London to Perform Viral Song 'Mamushi' for the First Time Megan Thee Stallion performs in Los Angeles in June 2024. Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Megan opened up about why the reptile influenced her latest era in a May interview with L'Officiel USA. "We don't just stop at the snake. This is just what everybody sees right now. Renewal, rebirth: that is the whole concept of this [album]," she told the outlet. "We started with the snake because, first of all, I love snakes, but I feel like snakes are so misunderstood, especially in western culture," added Megan. "Snakes represent rebirth, spirituality." She continued, "I'm not really a person that's like, Oh my God, sunshine and just super bubbly, happy. I like darker things. I like things that are a little scary. I like things that are unique. I picked the snake because… it's kind of like an antihero." Close