Snoop Dogg kicked off his 2026 MTV Video Music Awards hosting gig with an epic monologue that yes, poked fun at the Queen of pop.
Snoop, 54, took to the stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 27, moments after Madonna was joined by Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX — among a slew of other famous faces many of Us would be forgiven for missing — for a medley of Confessions II single “Bring Your Love” and “Danceteria Afterhours.”
“Madonna just killed it. Now that is an icon. One thing I want to say is, she ain’t a virgin no more,” Snoop quipped.
The hip-hip icon also celebrated the MTV VMAs’ return to the West Coast for the first time in nine years.
“Having this show hosted by me, in my city, means two things: one, tonight is going to be the biggest party the VMAs has ever seen,” he promised. “And two, it wouldn’t be a Snoop Dogg party if I didn’t provide some of that special sticky icky — hold on, that’s for every winner here tonight.”
Closing out the brief monologue, Snoop told a “knock-knock joke,” asking the star-studded crowd, “Knock Knock?”
“Who’s there?” the crowd responded, with Snoop quipping, “Deez Nuts.”
CBS and MTV announced on September 10 that Snoop would be hosting the VMAs this year.
“MTV and the VMAs have been part of my story since the beginning,” the rapper said in a statement at the time. “Some of the biggest moments of my career happened on that stage and on MTV — they gave hip-hop a place to be loud, fearless and seen by the whole world. So to come back now and host the VMAs, all these years later, that’s a full-circle moment for me.”
He continued, “Doing it with my brother [producer] Van Toffler makes it even more special. Van was there during those early MTV days when we were changing the culture in real time, and we’ve got a whole lot of history together. Now we get to make some new history. The VMAs have always been about those moments you don’t forget — and trust me, we’re gonna give y’all a few more. See you at the VMAs.”
In an interview with Variety, Toffler gushed of Snoop, “He and I did do Doggy Fizzle Televizzle at MTV [a 2002 sketch comedy series]. And we tried a ‘late night after dark’ show in the heart of Hollywood many years ago [Dogg After Dark in 2009]. He’s fun as hell and just the best. So I think L.A. and Snoop is a lethal combo.”
This year’s VMAs mark the show’s move to the West Coast for the first time since 2017.
Snoop comes to the 2026 VMAs with 13 nominations and three wins throughout his career, including Best Rap Video in 1994 for “Doggy Dogg World” and Best Art Direction for “So Many Pros” in 2015.
The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper made his main stage debut at the awards show in 1994, performing “Murder Was the Case.” He later closed out the VMAs with Dr. Dre and Eminem in 1999. In 2003, Snoop joined a group of other artists on the stage in a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., while in 2022, he and Eminem performed their collab “From the D 2 the LBC.”
In addition to his storied rap career, Snoop has ventured into film and television, with projects such as Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, the horror flick Bones and the reality competition show The Voice under his belt. He has also written and coauthored several cookbooks and children’s books and owns multiple businesses, from hip-hop label Death Row Records to venture capital firm Casa Verde Capital to the canned beverage line Gin & Juice.
The MTV Video Music Awards 2026 aired live on MTV, CBS and Paramount+ from the Peacock Theater on Sunday. A replay of the ceremony will be available on Monday, September 28, on Paramount+.
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