Nicki Minaj to host MTV VMAs 2023

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The VMAs are getting Super Freaky again

Reassuming her role as head-Barb-in-charge at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj is set to serve as the host of this year’s fab fête live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12.  

“For the second consecutive year, Minaj will announce the show’s star-studded lineup of performers, presenters and winners,” raved MTV of the 40-year-old Queens native in a press release. The “Barbie World” lyricist will, too, beguile VMAs viewers with a world premiere performance of her newest single, “Last Time I Saw You,” during the swank shindig. 

The hosting gig will be one of Minaj’s most public appearances in the recent past after months of being out of the limelight. In June, the “Anaconda” mastermind was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by an artist claiming she “directly copied” his beat for her 2014 track “I Lied.” In 2021, singer Tracy Chapman also won $450,000 in a previous copyright suit against Minaj.


(Left) Nicki Minaj, 40, smiling. (Right) Minaj performing at the 2022 VMAs.
Nicki Minaj has been tapped to reprise her role as MTV”s 2023 Video Music Awards host.
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But the “Queen” rhymer isn’t letting legal woes knock off her crown.

Minaj — who’s racked up six nominations this year, including the ”Best Hip-Hop” category, as well as the sought-after “Video of the Year” and “Artist of the Year” — previously slayed as host alongside rappers LL Cool J, 55, and Jack Harlow, 25, at the 2022 VMAs.

But this time, the “Starships” superstar is flying solo. 


Nicki Minaj, 40, posing in a glittery top.
Minaj co-hosted the 2022 awards show with fellow rappers LL Cool J and Jack Harlow.
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She’ll singlehandedly helm the hoopla as top-contender of the night Taylor Swift, 34, stands to take home a whopping eight moon people trophies across a multitude of categories such as “Video of the Year,” “Artist of the Year” and “Song of the Year.”

Mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, 53, will also share the big night’s spotlight as the 2023 recipient of the Global Icon Award for his indelible impact on music, fashion, politics and education. 

And “Hips Don’t Lie” harmonizer Shakira, 46, will be honored with the enviable Video Vanguard Award — an accolade bestowed upon Minaj during the 2022 VMAs. 


Taylor Swift accepts the Video of the Year award onstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey.
Taylor Swift leads the pack of nominees with a grand total of eight nominations.
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Shakira speaks onstage during the 2023 Premios Juventud Awards at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on July 20, 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shakira will be awarded the Video Vanguard Award at this year’s event.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Invest Fest 2023 at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Diddy is set to receive the Global Icon Award at the 2023 fete.
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Performers slated to wow at this year’s awards include Anitta, Demi Lovato, Doja Cat, Karol G, Kelsea Ballerini, Lil Wayne, Måneskin, Olivia Rodrigo, Shakira, Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

“Soooo excited to perform at the VMAs,” tweeted Rodrigo, 20, Thursday. 

“HE’S BACK!!!,” read a tweet via Lil Wayne’s official X account of the 40-year-old emcee and close friend of Minaj. “[Lil Wayne] is hitting the #VMAs stage for the first-ever performance of his new song ‘Kat Food!.’”

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