The blessings don’t cease for Busta Rhymes. The hip-hop legend received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His most up-to-date honor, Busta, who MTV described as “one of hip-hop’s greatest visual artists”, will obtain the inaugural MTV VMA, Rock the Bells Visionary Award.

According to Deadline, the status award will have a good time his “boundary-breaking cultural impact and indomitable musical career.” Busta will probably be awarded the honour on the 2025 VMAs on Sunday, Sept. 7. He additionally will give one in every of his signature dwell performances through the present.

In his outstanding profession, Busta has bought 20 million albums worldwide. He additionally acquired seven Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200, 12 Grammy Award nominations, and has a catalog with over 60 million information licensed gold and platinum. He was additionally the Global Icon honoree on the 2024 MTV Awards.

The 2025 MTV Video Awards will probably be hosted by one other legendary rapper, LL COOL J. He is returning to host the present, and this marks the second time LL will host the ceremony. In 2022, he co-hosted with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow.

The “Mama Said Knock You Out” has an extended historical past with MTV. In 1991,  he gained his first Moon Person for Best Rap and was the primary rapper ever to obtain the Video Vanguard Award in 1997.

The MTV VMAs revealed their nominees for the upcoming awards present on August 5, and Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars have 11 nominations. 

Lady Gaga, for the primary time in her profession,  is the most-nominated artist for the VMAs with 12 nominations. 

ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter have eight nominations. Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have seven nominations. Billie Eilish has six nods, and Charli xcx acquired 5 nods.

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, who’re each nominated for artist of the yr.

The 2025 MTV VMAs air dwell from UBS Arena in New York on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS (for the primary time) and MTV. The ceremony may also stream on Paramount+.