50 CENT and JAY-Z are set to collaborate in the studio and head out on the road together in July.

The four-times platinum New York rapper, who is currently playing small club dates throughout the US to promote his album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'', said he is excited to be joining forces with the Brooklyn based Jay-Z.

"It's going to be off the hook, that's when it really gets to be a tour when you start building sets and you start seeing things you don't see at the average club concert."

Even though 50 Cent is nearer the top of the US Billboard chart at the moment he said he will allow the more experienced rapper to headline the series of shows.

"Let Jay headline, I give him that pressure. He's got a string of records that have had their opportunity to have their moments. He can go on for a good 40 minutes with just his singles," he told MTV