Snoop Dogg will host the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards when the ceremony returns to Los Angeles on September 27.
The broadcast will air live from the Peacock Theater on CBS, simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+. Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Broadus Jr., will also serve as an executive producer alongside Van Toffler and the show’s production team. Snoop Dogg first appeared on the VMA stage in 1994, then closed the 1999 show with Dr. Dre and Eminem. He later joined MTV’s tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. in 2005 and performed with Eminem at the 2022 ceremony. The 13-time nominee has won three Moon Person trophies, including a 1994 Best Rap Video prize and 2015’s Best Art Direction honour.
This year’s nominees are already set, with Cardi B and Kehlani’s “Safe,” Drake’s “Janice STFU,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl,” Don Toliver’s “E85,” Travis Scott’s “Dumbo,” and Tyler, the Creator’s “Sugar on My Tongue” competing for Best Hip-Hop.
The full nominations list also includes Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T and Malice for Best Collaboration with “Chains & Whips.” Nirvana will receive the Video Vanguard Award during the September 27 broadcast, MTV confirmed this week.