Felix Bodden. Celebrities Born in United States. Danny Gatton Guitarist. Reggie Craig American Football Player. Melyssa Milan Instagram Star. Game's scholarship was revoked. Taylor and brother Big Fase had an apartment on the outskirts of Compton in Bellflower.
Shortly after moving there, they quickly had a monopoly on the drug trade. That was shortlived however. On October 1, while at the apartment alone, Jayceon heard a knock on the door at 2 a. Wanting to make a late night sale, he opened the door to see a regular customer. His regular however brought two others with him.
He and another man fought. Reaching for his pistol, he was shot execution style by one of the assailants five times. After laying still for several minutes, Jayceon used his cell phone and called the ambulance. Taylor was in a coma for two days. While recovering, he told his brother to go out and buy all of the classic hip hop albums. In the course of five months, he studied these albums in an almost scientific manner.
In the beginning, his flows were weak, but Game was a quick study and eventually learned better freestyling skills. He took elements from his favorite rappers and formulized them into his own persona and style.
After recovering, Big Fase and The Game made a mixtape together. The mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs aka P. Diddy was on the verge of signing him when the mixtape reached the hands of super producer Dr.
Dre contacted Taylor and the deal was sealed. Taylor wanting to carry on the NWA legacy signed on in and began recording songs. Dre taught him the ropes of the studio and Taylor learned how to count bars. Taylor chose the alias The Game because his grandmother deceased used to call him Game saying he was game for anything. In the summer of , Game's son Harlem Caron Taylor was born. You can also see our FAQ. Search Search MixUnit. All Results. Product added to Cart! Track List.
Top Up. Ryder Musik Feat. Jimmy Jim Jones. Salute Jones Jim Jones. Certified Gangstas Feat. Around My Way Jim Jones. Tough Jim Jones. Dipset the Movement Jim Jones. We Ridin' Feat. Talking to the World Jim Jones. Drummer Boy Jim Jones. G's Going Brazy Feat. Black Wall Street Feat. In foster care he was teased by other children. He didn't go unnoticed however. Game's intelligence was acknowledged by his caretakers and he usually helped his foster brothers and sisters with their homework.
This was a defining moment in his life. Game's adolescence was one of many hardships. At 13, one of Game's older brothers, Jevon who was just 17 at the time was shot at a gas station. His brother had just received a record deal. Taylor says that he felt his father played a hand in this by not being there and felt that if he had, his brother would not have been shot.
Jevon died the day after Game visited him in the hospital promising that things would be better and lost time would be made up. Two years later at the age of 15, teenage Jayceon was removed from the foster care system and back into his mother's home.
Lynette Taylor's mom and Taylor had troubles in the beginning. The Game's father was not around. Taylor attended Compton High School and most of the students that were gang affiliated were Crips.
The Game followed in his brother's footsteps. Taylor's natural abilities in althletics led him into a spot as point guard on the basketball team. He also ran track and did various other sports. The Game graduated in and had received many scholarship offers from various colleges. He chose to go to Washington State University to play basketball. His ticket and way out was shortlived after being found with drugs in his possession.
Game's scholarship was revoked. Taylor and brother Big Fase had an apartment on the outskirts of Compton in Bellflower. Shortly after moving there, they quickly had a monopoly on the drug trade. That was shortlived however. On October 1, while at the apartment alone, Jayceon heard a knock on the door at 2 a. Wanting to make a late night sale, he opened the door to see a regular customer. His regular however brought two others with him. He and another man fought.
Reaching for his pistol, he was shot execution style by one of the assailants five times. After laying still for several minutes, Jayceon used his cell phone and called the ambulance. Taylor was in a coma for two days. While recovering, he told his brother to go out and buy all of the classic hip hop albums. In the course of five months, he studied these albums in an almost scientific manner.
In the beginning, his flows were weak, but Game was a quick study and eventually learned better freestyling skills. He took elements from his favorite rappers and formulized them into his own persona and style.
After recovering, Big Fase and The Game made a mixtape together. The mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs aka P. Diddy was on the verge of signing him when the mixtape reached the hands of super producer Dr. Dre contacted Taylor and the deal was sealed.
Taylor wanting to carry on the NWA legacy signed on in and began recording songs. Dre taught him the ropes of the studio and Taylor learned how to count bars. Taylor chose the alias The Game because his grandmother deceased used to call him Game saying he was game for anything. In the summer of , Game's son Harlem Caron Taylor was born. He appeared in ads for P. Diddy's Sean John clothing company and had an endorsement deal with Boost Mobile appearing in a commercial alongside Kanye West and Ludacris.
The first single released with Game on it was "Certified Gangstas". Game guest starred on it alongside Jim Jones and Juelz Santana.
Though the single wasn't considered mainstream, the buzz increased around the west coast rapper.
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