(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Jay-Z.jpg)Lagos has played host to a number of Hollywood stars and the Nigerian capital is set to host its biggest star as hip hop rapper and president Def Jam Music; Jay Z is set to perform in Lagos during his forthcoming world tour. (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Jay-Z.jpg) (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Jay-Z.jpg)Shawn Carter, announced his world tour on Thursday, and the tour will include performances in seven African cities, including Lagos. The tour which will kicks off on September 9 in Poland, will see the multi-Grammy award rapper perform in Accra, Lagos, Cape Town, Luanda, Durban, Johannesburg and Dar Es Salaam. His highly anticipated performance in Lagos is scheduled to hold on October 9 at Ocean View restaurant. This will be Jay Z's third visit to Nigeria. He and his superstar wife; Beyonce, were hosted in 2006 by the former Governor of Kwara state; Bukola Saraki, who named a street after the American rapper in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. Jay Z was also part of the ThisDay Music festival with a host of other global music icons that performed in West Africa's entertainment and culture capital city, Lagos. The schedule for Jay-Z's African stops on his world tour is: -October 4: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Diamond Jubilee) -October 6: Accra, Ghana (Accra Conference Center) -October 7: Lagos, Nigeria (Ocean View) -October 9: Luanda, Angola (Cine Karl Max) -October 11: Cape Town, South Africa (Belleville Velodrome) -October 13: Durban, South Africa (ABSA Stadium Outer Fields) -October 14: Johannesburg (Coca Cola Dome)
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