Hip hop fans can see Busta Rhymes for free at the Royal Albert Hall - if they help create a new playground and vegetable patch for a London primary school.
The Grammy winning US rapper will perform at a free charity gig aimed at getting more teenagers involved in volunteer work.
To win a ticket for the Orange RockCorps gig, members of the public must commit to four hours volunteer work in their local community.
The first of 50 projects in the UK will take place at Winton Primary School, near Kings Cross, and will transform the school roof into a playground and vegetable patch.
The 26 September gig is being backed by Mayor Boris Johnson, who said: "I am hugely impressed by the Orange RockCorps initiative, and by the willingness of big name stars like Busta Rhymes to take part.
"It is a fantastically fresh and simple idea that I know will make a difference to thousand of young Londoners, and a great example of how music can have a profoundly positive effect on our society."
RockCorps has been running in the US for four years, collaborating with artists including Kanye West, Kelis, Panic at the Disco, Nas, Korn, and Nelly.
More than 35,000 young people have participated in projects that have benefited their local communities, and more than 35 per cent of those participants have volunteered again within 12 months.
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