U.S. rapper
Ja Rule is heading to Africa to headline a concert in Nairobi, Kenya next
week. The
Inc.’s star artist will perform at the Carnivore grounds on Friday (July 28) as
part of the Celtel Kenya Win a Porsche World Cup promotion. The
rapper will hand over the keys to a Porsche to one winner of the contest, which
started last month. Celtel,
which started mobile phone operations in Africa in 1998, has networks across 15
African countries and covers more than a third of the population of Africa. According
to reports, Ja Rule, along with Ashanti will travel to the African nation of Tanzania,
which borders Kenya the following Saturday (July 30), for a show in nation’s capital
of Dar es Salam with radio station Clouds FM.In
May, Ja Rule launched a new business venture, starsonpoker.com, a new online gaming/card
tournament website as a member of the Action Poker Network. Players
can play such games as Chinese Poker, Texas Hold’em, 7 Card Stud and other card games
for cash prizes.