Birth Name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Born: November 29, 1979 (age 34) in Los Angeles, California,
Origin: Compton, California
Genres: Hip-Hop
Occupations: Rapper & Actor
Years Active: 2002–present
Labels: The Firm (present), Aftermath, DGC, Geffen, G-Unit,Interscope (former)
Born: November 29, 1979 (age 34) in Los Angeles, California,
Origin: Compton, California
Genres: Hip-Hop
Occupations: Rapper & Actor
Years Active: 2002–present
Labels: The Firm (present), Aftermath, DGC, Geffen, G-Unit,Interscope (former)
Jayceon Terrell Taylor grew up in Compton in a low-income crime-ridden city in Los Angeles County in a primarily Crip gang neighborhood known as Santana Blocc. He was born into a life of gang-wars and hustling. In an October 2006 he did an interview with MTV News and Game described his family as "dysfunctional" His father was a Nutty Block Crip and his mother a Hoover Crippelette. Drugs and guns were all around Taylor when he was a youngster. His father was a heroin addict and both his parents frequently did cocaine. Throughout Taylor's adolescence, he endured many hardships. At age 7, Taylor was placed in a foster home. At 13, one of Taylor's older brothers, Jevon, who was 17 at the time and had just received a record deal, was shot at a gas station. Two years later, when Taylor was 15, he was removed from the foster care system & moved in with his mother, Lynette. Taylor attended Compton High School, where most students who were affiliated with gangs were Crips. In high school, Taylor was beginning to follow in his brother's footsteps but when his natural athletic abilities earned him a position as the point guard on the basketball team. In 1999, Taylor graduated from Compton High School and enrolled in Washington State University, according to Taylor he had earned a basketball scholarship to the university, but was kicked out of the university after being caught with drugs in his possession. After being expelled from college, Taylor fully embraced street life, selling drugs and running with gangs.
The Game is an American rapper and actor.
Game is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés.
He in 2002he released his first mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 1, and landed a record deal with the independent label Get Low Recordz owned by JTJT the Bigga Figga.
Game's mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, who originally was on the verge of signing him to his label.
Five months later, he was discovered by Dr. Dre who listened to the mixtape and signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label in 2003.
He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album "The Documentary" (2005) and "Doctor's Advocate" (2006).
The Recording Industry Association of America certified his album "The Documentary" double platinum in March 2005 and it has sold over five million copies worldwide.
A rising artist in the 2000s, Game is considered to be a driving force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene into the mainstream and competing with many of his East Coast counterparts.[3][4][5] Game was placed into G-Unit by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Due to his disputes with 50 Cent, Game left Aftermath Entertainment and signed withGeffen Records, another label under Universal Music Group'sInterscope-Geffen-A&M division, to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit in the summer of 2006. Game's second albumDoctor's Advocate was released on November 14, 2006 and it became his second straight album to debut at No. 1 on US Billboard 200 chart.Doctor's Advocate did not feature any production from Dr. Dre.Pitchfork Media placed "The Documentary" at number 35 on their list of Top 50 Albums of 2005. Game was nominated with a total of two nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the smash single "Hate It or Love It". The New York Times named Doctor's Advocate best hip-hop album of 2006.[6]
His next album LAX was released in 2008. With his fourth studio albumThe R.E.D. Album, Game again debuted at number one on theBillboard 200. In addition to music, Game has starred in motion pictures and founded The Black Wall Street Records. In September 2011, Game started working on his fifth studio album titled Jesus Piecewhich was released on December 11, 2012, his final album released by Interscope. After releasing a mixtape OKE, on October 12, 2013,Birdman announced The Game had signed to Cash Money Records, which is distributed by Republic Records. However, The Game later said the deal had not been finalized yet.
Game is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés.
He in 2002he released his first mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 1, and landed a record deal with the independent label Get Low Recordz owned by JTJT the Bigga Figga.
Game's mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, who originally was on the verge of signing him to his label.
Five months later, he was discovered by Dr. Dre who listened to the mixtape and signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label in 2003.
He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album "The Documentary" (2005) and "Doctor's Advocate" (2006).
The Recording Industry Association of America certified his album "The Documentary" double platinum in March 2005 and it has sold over five million copies worldwide.
A rising artist in the 2000s, Game is considered to be a driving force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene into the mainstream and competing with many of his East Coast counterparts.[3][4][5] Game was placed into G-Unit by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Due to his disputes with 50 Cent, Game left Aftermath Entertainment and signed withGeffen Records, another label under Universal Music Group'sInterscope-Geffen-A&M division, to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit in the summer of 2006. Game's second albumDoctor's Advocate was released on November 14, 2006 and it became his second straight album to debut at No. 1 on US Billboard 200 chart.Doctor's Advocate did not feature any production from Dr. Dre.Pitchfork Media placed "The Documentary" at number 35 on their list of Top 50 Albums of 2005. Game was nominated with a total of two nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the smash single "Hate It or Love It". The New York Times named Doctor's Advocate best hip-hop album of 2006.[6]
His next album LAX was released in 2008. With his fourth studio albumThe R.E.D. Album, Game again debuted at number one on theBillboard 200. In addition to music, Game has starred in motion pictures and founded The Black Wall Street Records. In September 2011, Game started working on his fifth studio album titled Jesus Piecewhich was released on December 11, 2012, his final album released by Interscope. After releasing a mixtape OKE, on October 12, 2013,Birdman announced The Game had signed to Cash Money Records, which is distributed by Republic Records. However, The Game later said the deal had not been finalized yet.
Game announced that he was engaged to actress and model Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of US Congressman G. K. Butterfield. The couple were set to marry in March 2007, but the engagement was called off in June 2006. Game's first of three children was born in 2003 during this relationship.
After the couple broke up their engagement, Game became emotionally involved in a relationship Tiffney Cambridge, a 5th grade history teacher. The relationship with on again off again fiancé resulted in the birth of two more children. First was his second son King Justice who was born April 25, 2007,and then his daughter California "Cali" Dream Taylor who was born on August 21, 2010.Both Jayceon and Tiffney have custody to the children.
VH1 broadcast two seasons of Marrying The Game, a reality television series about The Game and his fiancé Tiffney Cambridge, as they prepared to walk down the aisle. The relationship is "love at first sight" when Cambridge first met Jayceon. Despite reservations regarding Game's career the relationship lasted for 8 years, but no marriage plans materialized despite the series.
After the couple broke up their engagement, Game became emotionally involved in a relationship Tiffney Cambridge, a 5th grade history teacher. The relationship with on again off again fiancé resulted in the birth of two more children. First was his second son King Justice who was born April 25, 2007,and then his daughter California "Cali" Dream Taylor who was born on August 21, 2010.Both Jayceon and Tiffney have custody to the children.
VH1 broadcast two seasons of Marrying The Game, a reality television series about The Game and his fiancé Tiffney Cambridge, as they prepared to walk down the aisle. The relationship is "love at first sight" when Cambridge first met Jayceon. Despite reservations regarding Game's career the relationship lasted for 8 years, but no marriage plans materialized despite the series.
Game has many tattoos on his body. He has deceased rapper Eazy-E on his right forearm and has a graveyard under it in which the headstones say 2Pac Jam Master Jay & Eazy-E. Under his left eye he has a teardrop and behind his left ear has a tattoo that says "HCT 6 30 03" which is a reference to his son Harlem Caron Taylor who was born on June 30, 2003.On the left side of his neck he has his The Game logo and under it he has the Black Wallstreet logo. Under his right eye he had a tattoo of a Butterfly (symbolizing rebirth) but covered it with the L.A. Dodgers logo and a red star around it. Under his right ear he has the Converse All-Star logo and under it he has CBP which stands for Cedar Block Piru. On his upper chest he has Hate It or Love It. On the right side of his chest he has a tattoo that says N.W.A. On the left side of his chest he has a Bandana.On his stomach he has "Stretch" which used to be his nickname because he was tall. On his right shoulder he has KJ and under it he has Tupac Shakur as an Angel. On his lower right forearm he has "Wallstreet" while on his other one has "The Black". On his right arm he has a tribute to his deceased friend "Billboard". On his right hand he has Chuck while his other hand has Taylor (Chuck is Game's nickname. On his lower left forearm he has a Pigeon and above it a Clown. On his left elbow he has his Hurricane shoes logo and under it has G-Unot a reference to his feud with 50 Cent & G-Unit.Across his stomach he also has his hometown of "Compton" and above that he has a tattoo of Barack Obama's face. He also recently got the album covers of Dr. Dre's The Chronic and his debut album The Documentary tattooed on his lower stomach. He also had plans to get portraits of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X tattooed on him soon. On August 19, 2013, he got Trayvon Martin in his hoodie, and late-singer Nate Dogg tattooed on separate parts of his legs.