Lupe Fiasco is heading to the Acura Grand Prix. While the Chicago native won’t be racing around the Long Beach, Calif., track, Lupe’s slated to headline the Friday Night Concert on April 17 to kick off the high-speed weekend.

“I’ve always been a fan of racing and car culture, so I’m happy to be a part of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach,” Lupe Fiasco relayed in a statement.

Fiasco will be bringing his array of hits and lyrical dexterity to the stage, which will serve as a warm-up for the rapper’s Food & Liquor 20th Anniversary Tour kicking off in May.

The Grand Prix show will take place outside the Long Beach Terrace Theater and be free for guests who are ticketholders for April 17.

Tickets are available with general admission day passes starting at $58. Children who are 12 and under will be admitted free with a ticket-holding adult. Lupe’s slated to hit the stage around 6:30 p.m. local time.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Lupe Fiasco to the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach for our Friday Concert Presented by Acura,” Jim Liaw, who serves as the president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, said in a statement. “He’s an extraordinary artist with a dynamic stage presence, and this performance will be an exciting way for fans to finish off a great day of racing, entertainment and the Long Beach lifestyle.”

The weekend’s racing action along the Long Beach Waterfront will be headlined by the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Fiasco’s Food & Liquor 20th Anniversary Tour will kick off on May 14 in Sacramento, Calif., and travel down the state’s coast. He’s also slated for back-to-back shows on June 10 and 11 in NYC and Chicago.