Comedian Dave Chappelle was announced as the first host of "Saturday Night Live" in 2025.

NBC shared the news on Friday while also announcing the actor Timothée Chalamet will host next week and perform as the musical guest. The network also announced an anniversary special in February.

Dave Chappelle and "Saturday Night Live" return to NBC on January 18.

NBC announced that Dave Chappelle will be the first host of "Saturday Night Live" with a statement on January 10.

"Live from New York, 'Saturday Night Live' kicks off 2025 with two superstar hosts and musical guests you won't want to miss," NBC announced. "As the show celebrates 50 years on NBC, Season 50 has already featured 10 great hosts — and two returning hosts have been hired to kick off the second half of this cycle."

"Dave Chappelle hosts the first episode of 'Saturday Night Live' in 2025 on January 18. The Emmy-winning stand-up comedian and actor, who has hosted post-election episodes in past years (most recently in November 2022), will return to Studio 8H on January 18 . This will be his fourth time as host."

NBC's announcement also named the rapper GloRilla as the musical guest for Chappelle's episode. The first episode of 2025 will be the artist's "SNL" taping debut.

“GloRilla will make it SNL makes her musical guest debut on the episode," the announcement reads. "The multi-platinum selling rapper is also nominated for a Grammy, receiving two nods for her hit single 'Yeah Glo!'

The star of "Dine". Timothée Chalamet will host "SNL" in 2025 as the musical guest. The 29-year-old actor is currently playing musician Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."

"On January 25, 'A Complete Unknownstar' Timothée Chalamet returns for a third time as host of SNL," the statement read. "The actor plays singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in the film, though there's no word yet on what Chalamet will be singing — or rapping? — at Studio 8H."

The statement continued: “The Dune The star will also make his debut as the episode's musical guest, making him an impressive list of 'double-duty' celebrities who have hosted and musical guest in the same episode."

Other celebrities who have hosted "SNL" while also performing as musical guests include Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin, Ray Charles and Dolly Parton, Sting, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones and more.

NBC also stated in the statement that Chappelle he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his Netflix special, "Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer." The 51-year-old is nominated for Best Comedy Album for his comedy special at the 67th Grammy Awards

"His latest special, 'Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer,' is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album," the announcement reads.

Chappelle won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album last year for his special "Dave Chappelle: What's In A Name?" The comedian also won Best Comedy Album for "Dave Chappelle: The Closer" at the 65th Grammy Awards last year.

“The Dreamer” made headlines after the many judgmental jokes he made about trans people during the special. The comedian told a trans joke while talking about meeting fellow comedian Jim Carrey on the set of "Man on the Moon."

Carrey portrayed the late comedian Andy Kaufman in the biopic in such a way that the actor remained in character during the meeting. Chappelle said he was grateful to witness Carrey's creative transformation, but disappointed.

"In hindsight, how fucking lucky am I?" Chappelle said. "To see one of the greatest artists of his time immersed in one of his most challenging processes ever? Very fortunate to have seen it, but as it happened, it was very disappointing."

He continued: "I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend that this n--- was Andy Kaufman. All afternoon he was clearly Jim Carrey. I could look at him and I saw that he was Jim Carrey. In every case, I'm saying all that to say, that's how I feel about trans people."

In Chappelle's 2021 special, "The Closer," the comedian claimed he would no longer tell trans jokes in response to the backlash he received from jokes he told in another special, "Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones."

"I don't mess with those people anymore. It wasn't worth the trouble. I don't talk shit about them. Maybe three or four times tonight, but that's it," he joked. "I'm tired of talking about them."

"To be honest with you, I've been trying to mend my relationship with the transgender community, because I don't want them to think I don't like them," he continued. “You know how I did it. repaired? I wrote a play. I did. Because I know gay people like plays," he joked. "It's a very sad play, but it's touching. It is about a black transgender woman whose pronoun, unfortunately, is n----a. It's a tear. At the end of the play she dies of loneliness because white liberals don't know how to talk to her. It's sad."