Latin pop star and actress Becky G will headline the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on opening night, Aug. 22.

Tickets are priced from $88 to $44 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix or by phone at 800-514-3849.

Born Rebbeca Marie Gomez in California, the vocalist began her career at the age of nine after her parents lost their home and moved into the converted garage of her grandparents’ house. As she told Rolling Stone, “I’ve always been more mature for my age, so I was already understanding what they were going through. And I just thought, ‘How can I help them?’”

She began working as an actress and in music in 2008 and started writing songs soon after. At 13, she taught herself how to play the guitar. After posting a series of songs online, she landed a record deal with RCA. In 2014, her singles “Can’t Get Enough” and “Shower” broke her through in the U.S. as well as several European nations.

In the years since, Becky G has starred in the films “Power Rangers” and “Blue Beetle” and the TV shows “Empire” and “Austin and Ally.” She has continued to record music, in both English and Spanish, and landed on the charts with the singles “Mayores,” “Sin Pijama,” “Booty,” “Ram Pam Pam,” “Mamii” and “Chanel.”

Other Grandstand performers include Chance the Rapper, Nate Bargatze, Blake Shelton, the Happy Together Tour, Ludacris and T-Pain, Motley Crue, Matchbox Twenty, Stephen Sanchez and Kidz Bop Live.

The final Grandstand act will be announced “between now and late summer.”

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