LL Cool J to host Grammys

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper and "

NCIS: Los Angeles

" actor

LL Cool J

will be a initial central horde of a

Grammy Awards

in 7 years, a

Recording Academy

pronounced on Wednesday.

"I'm anxious to be a partial of music's biggest night," pronounced a two-time

Grammy endowment winning

host.

"I will always have lustful memories of my initial Grammy Awards and to now be hosting a Grammy show, in a association of so many other implausible artists, is a dream come true."

LL Cool J, who has been a horde of a Grammy nominations unison given a initial live promote in 2008, is a initial speaker of a awards module given 2005 when

Queen Latifah

headlined. Since then, music's biggest night has foregone a host.

The "Mama Said Knock You Out" rapper will lead a star-studded choice of performances, including nation singers Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift, cocktail thespian Kelly Clarkson, rockers The

Foo Fighters

, R&B thespian

Bruno Mars

and first-time performer, rapper Nicki Minaj.

Kanye West is now heading a nominations with 7 nods, followed by a Foo Fighters, Mars and British thespian Adele, who all have 6 nominations.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be hold on Feb 12 in

Los Angeles

, and promote live on CBS.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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