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.About The Game.

Jayceon Terrell Taylor also known as The Game was born November 29th, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. The Game is an American rapper who as a kid, was brought up in the city of Compton, California, the birthplace of gangsta rap.

"A lot of rap today is bubblegum bullshit that says nothing and means nothing to anybody living in the 'hood," says the 24-year-old with a tattoo of NWA's Eazy-E on his right forearm. "I'm not knocking anybody's hustle but I can't feel what's in hip-hop today. Everybody's rapping but they're not saying anything. NWA, Biggie, 2Pac, Snoop and Jay-Z all had something to say then Biggie, Pac and Eazy died and it was devastating. We almost let rap die until the Great White Hype (Eminem) saved hip-hop and 50 dropped the gangsta wake-up call. I feel like it's my turn now and I can fill the shoes."

Game's grandmother gave him the nickname Game because he was always game for anything: basketball, running track, riding bikes, playing in the streets. Family problems relating his father caused him to be placed in a foster home from the third grade to the ninth grade. "My childhood was fucked up but it wasn't really that different from anyone else who lived in the 'hood," Game says. Soon after he returned to his mother, one of his older brothers, Jevon, was shot and killed. At the age of eighteen, the Game then began to follow another one of his older half brothers, Big Fase 100, who was the leader of the Cedar Block Piru Blood Gang even though they grew up in a Crip neighborhood called Santana Block, in the east side of Compton. Fase tried to keep Game away from being a part of what he did, but it was clear that Game wanted to be there, his brother taught him how to survive on the streets. After graduating high school in 1999, one of Game's older adopted brothers was shot and killed. When in high school, Game was one of the school's stars of the basketball team, being offered scholarships to various colleges; he turned them down and started hard car thefts, drug dealing and shootings. Being too much to handle, his mother kicked him out of the house.

In 2000, The Game and his brother Fase moved into the projects in a city nearby and took on its drug trade. Becoming a success gained them rivals. Late on the night of October 1st, 2001, the Game was home alone in their apartment when a knock on the door brought him to open it and becoming a victim to a home invasion, almost experiencing death. In the year 2001, Game was shot five times after a failed drug deal receiving bullet wounds to the heart, stomach, arms and leg, putting him in a three day coma and while recovering he decided to take up a career in the rap industry. Now it's his turn to fill in the shoes.