Rapper Wale has announced via his official Twitter page that he will be appearing on next week's edition of WWE SmackDown LIVE.

Wale will be hosting the "Rap Battle" between The New Day and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos. Wale's Twitter post notes that WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon "gave him the co-sign" to appear on the show.

Below is Wale's post:

Vince gave me the co-sign .Jayz dropped that inspiration .things are going great .catch me on smackdown live @WWEUsos @WWEBigE keep it clean

— Wale (@Wale) June 30, 2017