He released his first mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. After he had fully recovered, Game and Big Fase made a mixtape together. Game first gained prominence when he attended a hip-hop summit hosted by Russell Simmons and Louis Farrakhan. His stage name was coined by his grandmother, who was a huge fan of the 1997 blockbuster, The Game. It originally featured such artists as Glasses Malone, Vita, and Nu Jerzey Devil, along with Game himself. With the help of his older brother Big Fase, they founded the label. Over the course of five months, he studied all of the various influential rap albums and developed a strategy to turn himself into a rapper. While recovering in the hospital from gunshot wounds he incurred in late 2001, Game told his brother to go out and buy all of the classic hip-hop albums. īy the early 2000s, Taylor had become heavily involved in selling drugs and participating in gang activities.
He went on to attend the community colleges Antelope Valley College, Harbor Community College and Cerritos College each for a time before leaving school. Taylor and his sibling spent six years in foster care. the rapper Big Fase 100, was a Cedar Block Piru Bloods leader in West Compton, California. His older half-brother, George Taylor III, a.k.a. In an October 2006 interview with MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway, the Game described his family as " dysfunctional". He grew up in a primarily Crip-controlled neighborhood known as Santana Blocc, although Taylor himself grew up to become a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods through his brother. The Game was born Jayceon Terrell Taylor on November 29, 1979, in Compton, California, to parents George Taylor and Lynette Baker, who both were members of the Crips street gang. In 2019 he released Born 2 Rap, which he announced to be his final studio album however, it was announced that in 2022 his career would continue with the release of his tenth studio album Drillmatic – Heart vs. His next album 1992 was released on October 14, 2016, and spawned two official singles. In 2015, the Game released two albums, The Documentary 2 on October 9, and a week later on October 16, The Documentary 2.5. In September 2011, the Game started working on his fifth studio album, Jesus Piece, which was released on December 11, 2012, his final album released by Interscope. In addition to music, the Game has starred in motion pictures and founded The Black Wall Street Records. Album, the Game again debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The New York Times named Doctor's Advocate best hip-hop album of 2006. The 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". Pitchfork Media placed The Documentary at number 35 on their list of Top 50 Albums of 2005.
Doctor's Advocate did not feature any production from Dr. The Game's second major label album Doctor's Advocate was released on November 14, 2006, and it became his second album to debut at number one on the U.S. As a result of his disputes with 50 Cent, Game left Aftermath and signed with Geffen, another label under Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M unit, to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit in the summer of 2006. The Recording Industry Association of America certified The Documentary Double Platinum in March 2005.Ī rising artist in the 2000s, the Game was 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. The Game rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his major-label debut album The Documentary and found continued success with the 2006 follow-up Doctor's Advocate. Dre and signed to his Aftermath Records label imprint. After releasing his debut independent album Untold Story in 2004, he was eventually discovered by record producer Dr.
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Born in Compton, California, he initially released a series of mixtapes under the wing of fellow West Coast rapper JT the Bigga Figga. Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name the Game or simply Game, is an American rapper.
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