Long Beach rapper Warren G is no longer performing a free show on the parking of the Anderson Paint and Hardware store, 714 Pine Ave. Saturday.

Store owner Gregg Anderson said that after word got out about the show the city contacted him and said he would have to pay additional security fees to shut off the street plus other security costs.

“I decided not to host him. I can’t afford him,” Anderson said, adding that city officials wanted to charge him about $14,000 for additional security.

According to an email sent to the Press Telegram by the city’s Public Affairs Officer Kerry Gerot, Anderson Paint received permit for a “small gathering of 20 people tomorrow on his private property to include a small jazz ensemble, face painting, and a hot dog vendor.”

According to Gerot, city officials then told Anderson that if Warren G showed up it would involve a different Special Event Permit at a cost about $14,000 or more in security and street closures in anticipation of the crowds.

But for those that still want to see the rapper on Saturday, he’s set to perform at the Gaslamp in Long Beach at 9 p.m. Tickets for that show are $20.

Warren G’s performance was part of a day-long community event dubbed DreamMakers, still set for Saturday which includes other musicians like the jazz funk outfit Dave Williams LMBT Majic Bullet Theory, vocalist Bobby Lee and a live drum circle.

For years, Anderson has hosted community events and small concerts in the parking lot of his store, but Warren G would have been the biggest name to grace the lot.

The rapper’s breakout Grammy-nominated single “Regulate,” featured Warren’s childhood friend, the late Nate Dogg.

The duo were part of a crew of rappers that includes Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, who both helped define the sound of 1990s West Coast hip-hop.