Nicki Minaj Returns To MTV VMAs as Emcee and Performer

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Nicky Minaj VMAs
Nicky Minaj (Image credit: MTV)

Nicki Minaj will return to MTV’s Video Music Awards as emcee and performer, the network announced.

Minaj hosted last year. Fans will also see a world premiere performance of her new single, “Last Time I Saw You.”

Nominated 25 time, Minaj has won six VMAs. 

The VMAs will appear live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on September 12 on MTV and other Paramount networks including BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.

Previously announced performers include  Anitta, Demi Lovato, Doja Cat, Karol G, Kelsea Ballerini, Lil Wayne, Måneskin, Olivia Rodrigo, Shakira, Stray Kids and Tomorrow X Together.

Shakira and Sean “Diddy” Combs will also be on stage, receiving the Video Vanguard Award and the Global Icon Award, respectively.

A 90-minute VMA pre-show will feature performances by NLE Choppa and Sabrina Carpenter.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.