HIP HOP TOUR: Jay-Z - American Gangster Live

Def Jam President and Roc-A-Fella Records' CEO Jay-Z will embark on the "American Gangster Live" tour in November, a five-date outing in support of his upcoming album, American Gangster. Jay-Z will perform in mid-sized, intimate venues in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, where he will perform songs from his American Gangster album.

The album is a musical interpretation of the upcoming American Gangster movie. The rapper will kick off the tour at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on November 6, the same day the American Gangster album arrives in stores.

American Gangster stars Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas, a 1970s Harlem drug lord who imported tons of heroin into the community and created a large drug distribution network, which raked in millions of dollars. American Gangster the movie is in theaters November 2.