Queen Latifah will host the 2023 NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on February 25, 2023 at 8 p.m. EST. Latifah is the first woman to host the award show since Diana Ross did so in 2000.
“It’s an honor to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards, especially in the year we are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop,” she said.
“This is a night to celebrate Black excellence and Black contribution to our industry and beyond. Celebrating one another, lifting each other up and you know we’ll have fun doing it!”
Latifah will take over for Anthony Anderson, who hosted the awards for the previous nine years. Throughout the night, she will be joined on stage by a number of presenters, including Damson Idris, Issa Rae, Kerry Washington and Jonathan Majors.
“Queen Latifah is one of our generation’s most influential and iconic voices,” BET executive Connie Orlando added.
“We are excited to collaborate with the groundbreaking megastar as she hosts the 54th NAACP Image Awards.”
