Chadwick Boseman Hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Cardi B As Musical Guest
The king of Wakanda is coming to Studio 8H. On this weekend’s episode ofSaturday Night Live, NBC announced thatChadwick Boseman, the star of Marvel Studios’mega-hitBlack Panther, is going to host the live sketch show for the first time onApril 7, 2018. Read on to find out who will be joining as that episode’s musical guest.
Chadwick Boseman Hosting Saturday Night Live
After the announcement was made during the most recent episode ofSNL, Boseman excitedly tweeted it out to his fans:
See you soon#SNL!pic.twitter.com/O3IQuEEsP7
— Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman)June 22, 2025
As you may see, Boseman will be joined at 30 Rockefeller Plaza byCardi B, the female rapper who achieved mainstream success last year when she signed a contract with Atlantic Records.
Boseman will have a tough act to follow since hostBill Haderledthe funniest and best episode of the seasonthis past weekend, but it looks like the show is taking a break for a few weeks and won’t be back until April 7, so hopefully the show’s writers are still able to build on that momentum and give Boseman some strong material to work with.
This will be his first time appearing onSNL, and while he’s handled humorous moments on screen before, this will also mark his first time dealing with wholly comedic material. That is, unless you countGods of Egypt. (BOOM. ROASTED.)
I wonder what the over/under is onBlack Pantherreferences in the upcoming episode. Keep in mind,SNLhas already done an entire sketch centered around the movie earlier this season whenBlack Pantherco-starSterling K. Brown hosted the showtwo episodes ago:
Either way, the timing will work out pretty well when Boseman appears on the celebrated sketch comedy show next month –Black Panthershould still be in theaters, and he’ll also be appearing inAvengers: Infinity War(which featuresits own battle in Wakanda). That movie’s release date was recently moved up to the end of April.
