Lizzo‘s list of acting credits is about to get longer.

The Grammy-winning rapper and singer is set to play her first leading role in Rosetta, a biopic about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering musician known as the “Godmother of Rock & Roll.” In addition to starring in the the Amazon MGM Studios project, Lizzo is producing alongside Kevin Beisler, Nina Yang Bongiovi, and Forest Whitaker, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.

An groundbreaking artist who rose to fame as a gospel singer and guitarist in the 1930s, Tharpe famously influenced performers such as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. She died in 1973 and was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, by Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes. Tharpe is touted on the hall’s website as “the first guitar heroine of rock & roll.”

“By her late teenage years, ‘Sister’ Rosetta — the honorific was from the church — had traveled the length of the country on the ‘gospel highway,’ thrilling the folks who came out to see her at revivals and tent shows,” scholar Gayle Wald wrote in a tribute essay. “She had a clarion soprano and a bright, dimpled smile, and infused her guitar with personality, playing in a manner that emphasized her nimble fingering and steady rhythm. Her charisma on the instrument struck many observers as God-given. They said she played as well as a man – in fact, better than a man. They said she could make the guitar ‘talk’ — or even ‘walk and talk’ — if the spirit was upon her.”

Sign up for Entertainment Weekly‘s free daily newsletter to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.

Celebrating the biopic news Monday, Lizzo wrote in an Instagram story that she was “so excited & honored.” She added in a post, “Black people made rock n roll yeaaaah.”

The “Truth Hurts” singer’s previous screen credits include the Jennifer Lopez movie Hustlers, an episode of Star Wars seriesThe Mandalorian, voice work on The Simpsons and other animated shows.

Earlier this month, Lizzo performed her first solo concert in two years and said on stage that the past few years had sent her into “such a dark depression,” but she’d made it through with the love of fans. (Lizzo found herself embroiled in some controversy when she was sued by three former dancers alleging harassment and creating a “hostile work environment”; she has denied the allegations.)

Lizzo is expected to release a new album, Love in Real Life, soon, as she announced just this week that she’d finished it. She’s also scheduled to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live when Jon Hamm hosts April 12.