Jay-Z lays out global 'Water For Life' Tour Dates

By: Janine Coveney

Hip-hop artists and record executive Jay-Z revealed his complete world tour itinerary this week. His seven-week world tour to spread awareness of the world's water crisis kicks off September 9th in Krakow, Poland, and will run through October 28th in Melbourne, Australia. MTV cameras will also be along for the ride, to film the documentary Diary Of Jay-Z: Water For Life, which is set to air November 24th on the network.

Jay-Z's tour will take him through most of Western Europe, as well as Slovakia, Turkey, Greece, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Thailand, South Africa, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Australia.

"In the beginning, when I was going out on a world tour, I was going out to play music," the Def Jam president announced earlier this month. "But I said to myself, I can't go to these places I've been and not go out and see the people that have been touched by my music for over 10 years. From that morphed, 'Well, I'm not just going to go over there and rap to them.'I'm going to help and see what I can do in these areas."