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Trivia
Birth name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Date of birth: 27 November 1979
Place of birth: Compton, California, USA
Nicknames: Chuck, Hurricane, The California Kid, Dr. Dre's Protege,
The California King, G-Unot, The Face of Los Angeles, King of the West
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
The Game grew up in Compton during his earlier life and lived in a primarily Crip neighborhood known as Santana
Blocc.
The rapper would eventually become a member of the Cedar Block Piru
Bloods.
The rapper's nickname was coined by his grandmother, who said that he was always "Game" for anything.
His mother and father were both affiliated with Crip gangs.
After his older sister accused his father of sexual molestation his family was split up and The Game lived with a foster family for eight years in Carson, a suburb of Los Angeles, (located immediately Southwest of Compton) until he was reunited with his mother when he was 13.
He is of African American, Spanish, and Native American descent.
The Game had a short stint at Washington State University on a basketball scholarship before being kicked out because of drug
allegations.
It was then that he started fully embracing street life and turning towards selling drugs. At 18 years of age he began to follow his older half brother and Cedar Block Piru leader "Big Fase 100".
The Game was shot at five times after a failed drug deal which included two pounds of marijuana in 2001 which put him in a three day coma. He received bullet wounds to the heart, stomach, and arms.
While recovering in the hospital, he decided to pursue a career in the rap industry.
Studying various classic rap albums, he developed a strategy to become a rapper himself, and with help from his older brother, "Big Fase 100," they founded The Black Wall Street Records and after being signed independently to JT the Bigga Figga's Get Low Recordz signed to Dr.
Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.
Goes by several nicknames including Hurricane Game and Chuck Taylor.
Appeared on the show "Change of Heart" (1998) when he was 17.
The Game has multiple
Tattoos on his body including homages to Eazy-E
and N.W.A,
the logo of The Black Wall Street, a portrait of 2Pac
as an angel and G-Unot due to his feud with 50
Cent and G-Unit, as well as the Dodgers' "LA" logo tattoo
below his right eye, covering a previous tattoo of a butterfly.
Signed to 50
Cent's record label, G-Unit Records, a subsidiary of Dr.
Dre's Aftermath Records.
Has a son called Harlem Caron Taylor.
The Game has one child, a son named Harlem Caron Taylor. Baron Davis is Harlem's godfather.
Is a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods
Established his own record label called "The Black Wallstreet".
The Game has signed several artists and one of the more known artists, a
female rapper named Vita. Vita was formerly a female rapper of Murder
Inc.
Has several role models including Tupac Shakur,
The Notorious B.I.G.,
Nas, Jay-Z, Rakim, KRS-One,
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg,
Ice Cube and most importantly
'Easy-E' .
The Game's debut album titled, "The Documentary" was released
on January 18, 2005. His album sold more than 586,000 units in it's
first week, and placed #1 on The Billboard charts.
From the ages of 7 to 15 when was in foster care, he resided right
outside of West Compton in Carson, California...
As of February 28, 2005, The Game was officially booted out of the
G-Unit by rapper 50 Cent. Rumors had been circulating for a long time
that the two emcees were not getting along.
The final straw was when The Game declined any involvement surrounding
the controversy of 50 Cent's new single "Piggy Bank".
He and 50 Cent agreed to end their feud in early 2005 because neither
wanted it to end in bloodshed. The two men have appeared in public on
friendly terms since then.
The Game has partnered with 310 Motoring to create his own shoe called The Hurricanes. A portion of the proceeds of the shoe are donated to the victims of Katrina.
Got four mics in The Source magazine for his album, "The
Documentary".
Graduated from Compton High School in 1999.
Played basketball with NBA basketball star Baron Davis in high school
and the two Compton natives are still good friends.
Sent demo to Dave Mays, the founder of The Source Magazine, in regards
to wanting to be featured in the magazine as unsigned hype, but another
L.A. MC was chosen instead.
Even before releasing his debut album The Game has been involved with feuds with other rappers. The rapper has previously had rivalries with Suge Knight of Death Row Records, Joe Budden, Yukmouth, as well as Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, and the Young Gunz of Roc-A-Fella Records. The most prominent rivalry is with 50 Cent and G-Unit.
On October 28, 2005 The Game was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in North Carolina. At one point, police said, his companions were sprayed with pepper spray when they surrounded officers in a threatening manner.
Good friends with veteran hip hop artist Nas.
Recorded many songs with San Fransisco producer JT The Bigga Figga. JT
has made those songs into two albums, "West Coast
Resurrection" and "Untold Story" released under Get Low
Records.
The Game was chosen to play and has bought a large selection of shares for the now defunct Inglewood Cobras, an ABA franchise team.
The Game is the voice of B-Dup, a character featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The Game won the 2006 ASCAP Pop Music Awards honoring the most performed songs in the ASCAP repertory for the 2005 survey year. The Game won for "How We Do" and "Hate It or Love It".[
Participates in the annual Rucker's Basketball Championship in Harlem,
New York
Good friends with Long Beach, California rapper Snoop Dogg
Favorite movie is "Blow Out" starring John
Travolta (1981)
The Game has been punked by Ashton Kutcher on the show Punk'd.
Drinks tea to calm his nerves on the road. Prefers camomile tea to green
tea.
Wanted to audition for the role of Tubbs in the upcoming Miami Vice
movie (2006) but couldn't due to a heavy touring schedule.
Since his leave from the G-Unit group and record label, The Game has
created his own record label, called Black Wallstreet Records. The label
is still in development. The Game says there will be numerous guest
appearances on his upcoming sophomore album, 'Doctor's Advocate', from
those he has signed to his record label thus far.
It has been reported that WWE plans to go after The Game over the rights to his name, which is a nickname for wrestler Triple H.
His second album 'Doctor's Advocate' features production from some of
the biggest names in hip-hop, such as Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Scott Storch,
Timbaland and various others.
Created his own line of footwear called Hurricane, by 310 Motoring,
which was released in stores December 26, 2005 and became one of the
best-selling shoes of 2005/2006.
Engaged to actress Valeisha Butterfield - Due to marry on March 22,
2007.
The Los Angeles Times reported that The Game is now a resident of Glendale, California after having purchased a home in the Kenneth Village
neighborhood.
The Game announced that he was engaged to actress/model Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield. The couple were set to marry in March of 2007, but the engagement has since been called off.
In 2006 The Game left Aftermath Entertainment and signed with Geffen Records, an imprint of Interscope, in order to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit.
The rapper has finished working on his sophomore album The Doctor's Advocate, which is scheduled for release in November 2006. He is also working on getting his own label, The Black Wall Street Records, signed to a distribution label.
While The Game originally claimed Dr. Dre would still do production work on the album in the November issue of XXL
magazine, he admitted in September (after the interview was conducted) during an interview on radio station Power 105 that Dr. Dre would not be producing any tracks on the
album. So far he has released 2 singles for his new album. One entitled "It's Okay (One Blood)" and the official first single "Strip Club (Let's
Ride)".
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