Stephen Colbert has revealed that his first musical guest will be Kendrick Lamar when The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premieres on September 8. Incidentally, Lamar, who has been garnering praise this year for his jazz-infused sophomore album To Pimp a Butterly, was also the final musical guest on The Colbert Report.

Colbert confirmed the news at a Television Critics Association press event yesterday, saying, “My last musical guest was Kendrick Lamar, and I would love for him to be my first musical guest. In fact he will be my first musical guest.”