Chris Rock & Megan Thee Stallion To Be First Host & Musical Guest Of Saturday Night Live’s New Season

Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion have been announced as the first host and musical guest pairing of Saturday Night Live‘s new season. It will be Rock’s third time hosting after leaving the show, and Megan’s first time on the show.

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The news comes shortly after videos of Jimmy Fallon impersonating Rock in blackface while he was on SNL‘s cast resurfaced.

It also comes shortly after Lorne Micheals, creator and producer of SNL, announced that three new cast members (Lauren Holt, Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dismukes) will be joining the show’s team, Alec Baldwin and Maya Rudolph will return to portray Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and Jim Carrey will be appearing to play Joe Biden.