Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Ja Rule Heading To Africa For Performances, Launches Poker Site

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.