Talk:The Game (rapper)

G-Unit Beef....Again

Hip hopdx says that Game joining Fat Joe & Young Buck andgoing back at 50 Cent... http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6582/title.game-joins-fat-joe-50-cent-papoose-beef-triangle ............... Duder999 (talk) 20:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool Picture To Have for the Main one.

http://www.hurricane-game.net/gallery/albums/uploads/magazines/xxljun08/normal_003.jpg

thats sick and shows his new LA star tat, which would make it more up to date. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aftermath11 (talk • contribs) 06:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Way to use a forbidden link —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.195.167 (talk) 20:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Kesyia Cole (sp?)

Just because he did a song with her does not mean he is associated with her.Some of these other assoiated acts seem kind of dumb as well. And Young Buck should be associated cause they made 2 mixtapes together in the last 5 months and he goona be on games new album they also dissin g-unit together. Duder999 (talk) 01:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Official Sites

The active official Sites by The Game at the moment are: thisizgame.com http://myspace.com/thegame ; http://therealbws.com ; http://thisizgame.com The others like: http://www.comptongame.com/ ; http://www.thegame360.com/ ; http://www.theblackwallstreet.com/ .....those sites aint active any more.....they stopped posting actuall news by the game around of the beginn of the year 2007.

The most official site is http://thisizgame.com/, on this one, you can see the actuallyst news by The Game.

So delete the unactive sites.

body

i'm not a very good writer so i can't do it but i think that the 'Rise To Fame' section should be broken into to sections. Duder999 (talk) 18:15, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Westside Connection

Can't edit but game is not in westside connection, in a recent interview he said it was a rumour and that nobody could replace Mack 10 in the group http://www.defsounds.com/news/Game_jay_article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.116.245 (talk) 01:13, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Spelling Error

In the section under G-Unit feuds, the word "has" appears where the word "have" should be.

Jay-Z Beef

Where is the controversy part for Jay-Z considering he just recently took shots at him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mavz4life (talk • contribs) 01:22, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah and a new diss song came out by game, called I'm So Wavy. It's an actual diss song, no subliminals. Download that shit and update the page guys. Cmon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.157.7 (talk) 20:47, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

College Basketball at WSU

Taylor did NOT play basketball at WSU per the WSU Athletic department http://www.thenewstribune.com/ae/music/story/416110.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.156.147 (talk) 23:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I just added it. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 06:17, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Currently it states "... basketball scholarship before during his first semester..." There needs to be something added. Maybe so it says "before HE WAS EXPELLED during his first semester" Wasborn (talk) 05:59, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

My Bitch

In the song My Bitch The Game disses 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Suge Knight. Shouldn't this be mentioned in the feuds section? The game has 2 dogs, Biggie and Tupac. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sundin1320 (talk • contribs) 01:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

SPENCER GO HERE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:G-Unit_vs._The_Game_feud —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.5.3 (talk) 19:04, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

"Controversies" section

This section should be merged within a main biographical section of this article, see WP:CRITICISM. It seems to be giving too much light to minor incidents. In fact, the Joe Budden and Yukmouth sections seem to be undersourced and reliant on original research. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 04:31, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

The Game's fourth album: "The Red Album".

Should be merged with L.A.X./Fourth Album section:

At his show in Providence, RI during the L.A.X. tour rapper The Game announced the his fourth album titled "The Red Album" will be realesed pn September 20th.

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:The Game (rapper)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

GA Sweeps: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to determine if the article should remain a Good article. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. However, in reviewing the article, I have found there are several issues that need to be addressed. I have already made minor corrections to the article, but have included issues below that I believe need to be addressed for the article to remain a GA.

Needs inline citations:

1. "Even at this early stage in his career, he was embroiled in rap feuds associated with G-Unit, including those with Joe Budden, Ja Rule, Benzino and Memphis Bleek."
2. "The Game responded on his website, saying that if Suge Knight had ever touched him, he would be "six feet under"."
3. "The Game stated on his Black Wall Street website that he dislikes Suge Knight because of "the lives he has endangered"."
4. "Although Suge Knight did not attend, he and The Game declared their feud over."
5. "On the single "Westside Story", The Game raps that "I don't do button-up shirts or drive maybachs", which was perceived as being directed towards Jay-Z, though The Game stated it was directed toward Ja Rule."
6. "During his U.S. LAX Tour in late 2008, The Game first announced plans on a new album, dismissing earlier reports that LAX was supposed to be his last album: "I'm not gonna' lie to y'all, I'm in the studio secretly working on my fourth album.""
7. "A portion of the proceeds of the shoe are donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
8. "He has posted a video on YouTube inviting fellow online players to play him in Madden NFL 09, and to "Get your ass whipped.""
9. The entire awards section is unsourced.

Other issues:

1. The lead needs to be expanded to better summarize the article. Try and touch on each section mentioned in the article. See WP:LEAD for guidelines.
2. "It was then that he started fully embracing street life and turned towards selling drugs and gang banging." Explain "street life", as readers unaware of the topic may not know what it is. Add a relevant wikilink if possible, as well as for "gang banging".
3. "On The Game's album Doctor's Advocate, he says the beef is over on a few of the songs." Reword "beef", or if it is a direct quote, then add quotation marks. Fix the other occurrences in the following sections.
4. "In an interview Young Buck said he was aware of The Game's support and said that is real love because Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo did not reached out to him." Reword, but if quote, again add quotation marks.
5. "He is also working on getting his own label, The Black Wall Street Records, signed to a distribution label." Has this already occurred, or is this still ongoing?
6. "The two later tried to bury the hatchet due to a personal friend and even recorded a song together named "Peace"." Reword "bury the hatchet".
7. "On February 5, 2009, he Game, who 50 Cent has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between 50 Cent and Rick Ross, The Game sided with 50 Cent and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation, stating "Rick Ross, holla at your boy, man," and, "50 eating you, boy."" This would benefit from being reworded.
8. "He recently stated that his upcoming album would be called The R.E.D. Album." Clarify when "recently" was.
9. "In 2006, he made his film debut in Waist Deep as a character named "Big Meat" and has been filming at least two more movies." What other two movies?
10. "In August 2007, The Game and an entourage of 12 including Omarion performed a concert in Luanda, Angola with two dates on August 11 and August 12 at the Atlantico Cinema produced by Casa Blanca company." Single sentences shouldn't stand alone. Either expand on this statement or incorporate into another paragraph.
11. "The Game announced that he was engaged to actress and model Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield." When was this announced?
12. "The five officers involved in the incident ended up suing The Game for defamation,[63] which has yet to be taken to court." Any updates on this?
13. Some of the inline citations are improperly formatted, lacking title, author, date, access date, etc. Fix all occurrences. I don't believe that Twitter is considered a reliable source, so replace it if possible. If there's somewhere here that points out that Twitter is a RS, please point me to the discussion.
14. There are a few dead links that need to be fixed. Use the Internet Archive to help you fix them.

If the above issue is addressed, I believe the article can remain a GA. I will leave the article on hold for seven days, but if progress is being made and an extension is needed, one may be given. If no progress is made, the article may be delisted, which then can later be renominated at WP:GAN. I will contact the main contributors of the article and its related WikiProjects to ease the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 22:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps: Delisted

Unfortunately, since none of the issues were fixed, I have regrettably delisted the article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. If the remaining issues are fixed, consider renominating the article at WP:GAN. With a little work, especially with a collaboration among the multiple WikiProjects, it should have no problems getting back up to GA status. If you disagree with this review, you can seek an alternate opinion at Good article reassessment. If you have any questions let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:39, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

50 BEEF DEAD?!?

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.8010/title.the-game-f-diddy-chris-brown-mario-winans-boyz-ii-men-usher-polow-da-don-better-on-the-otherside-tribute-to-mj

Game says the beef is dead!!! Blsupr (talk) 20:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Game Wants To Apologize To 50 Cent (Ends Beef)

http://www.rapbasement.com/the-game/070209-rapper-the-game-says-he-did-a-lot-of-dumb-things-and-apologizes-to-50-cent-watch-here.html

Game says that he now wants to not only "apologize to 50 as a man," but also to his fans, Dr. Dre, Eminem and the head of Interscope Records, Jimmy Iovine. "Jimmy always says, ‘Man, I told you guys not to break up the Beatles,’” Game says. "He says he told John Lennon the same thing a long time ago. But I was young, man. I was dumb. I did a lot of dumb things. I felt me and 50 clashed. I’m not gonna dis 50. I’m not gonna go back on the plane. He had his side, I had my side. I did what I felt was necessary for me and my career to have longevity and survive in hip-hop and music to be around when I’m Quincy Jones’ age — not just be Quincy Jones’ age, but be a Quincy Jones. Now, four albums in, I can honestly say from Banks to Buck to Dre to Yayo to whoever, if it would have kept going, endless paper. Millions of albums sold — because we were great together. Me and 50’s chemistry was like how Method Man was to Redman when they get in. You know when Method Man gets with Redman, it’s going down."

Game continued by comparing the situation to others. "It is what KRS-One was with Scott La Rock," he added, describing his time with 50. "When you take Ralph Tresvant from New Edition and Bobby Brown goes this way, you might get a Bell Biv DeVoe, but you won’t get no ‘Candy Girl.’ You won’t get no ‘Mr. Telephone Man.’ You ain’t gonna get no ‘Hate It or Love It,’ you won’t get ‘How We Do.’ As a family, we had it. If we never [broke] up, I think Detox would have been out and we all would have been selling millions from Banks to Buck, Tony Yayo. I’m gonna apologize for my role." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.47.197 (talk) 20:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Legal issues

In the Snoop Dogg article, there's a mention of the Game assaulting a fan, here's the paragraph about it:
Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, and The Game were sued for assaulting a fan on stage at a May 2005 concert at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. The accuser, Richard Monroe, Jr., claimed he was beaten by the artists' entourage while mounting the stage. He alleged that he reacted to an "open invite" to come on stage. Before he could, Snoop’s bodyguards grabbed him and he was beaten unconscious by crewmembers, including the rapper and producer Soopafly; Snoop and The Game were included in the suit for not intervening. The lawsuit focuses on a pecuniary claim of $22 million in punitive and compensatory damages, battery, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The concerned parties appeared in court in April 2009.
Should this be included in 'Legal issues', as this is where its addressed at the Snoop page, or is it already in the article under another section? --Scythre (talk) 11:50, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

The caption next to The Game's mugshot reads, "Mug shot of Game taken on March 2008." It should say, "Mug shot of Game taken in March 2008." Using "ON" when referring to a point in time only works if there is a specific date there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.125.72 (talk) 21:01, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

NO MENTION OF THE SHOOTING?

He got shot 6 or 7 times. Shouldnt it be at least MENTIONED in this article?

Yeah Game got shot 5 times in 2001 over a botched drug deal apparently. This used to be in the article but it's gone now, but it's pretty important I'm pretty sure Game has said it was the shooting that made him start rapping to get out of the street life. It mentions how he studied various rap artists, this was done in hospital recovering from the gunshots. I'm sure sources can be found for this he's spoken on it in many interviews maybe I'll find some links and post them here for whoever has the power to edit this? 20:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.195.167 (talk)

I think a better citation for his getting shot five times execution style would be a newspaper article and not IMDB. I was under the impression that 'execution style' is in the back of the head. Even if that is in the front or side of the head I doubt he would recover so quickly or at all if shot FIVE times in the head.Mylittlezach (talk) 16:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I did an online search and could not find any newspaper article about the shooting. All I found were blogs that say the same thing (PR stunt?). I did find one that did NOT describe it as execution and said he was shot in the arm, leg, heart and somewhere else.Mylittlezach (talk) 17:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Associated Acts?

Why isn't 50 Cent in his Associated acts? Sure, he doesn't work with him anymore, but they made some of Game's most popular songs. Also...Ja Rule and Rick Ross? Really? They really haven't done many songs together. I opt to take out Ja Rule and put in 50...Cool & Dre should also be in there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.99.1.170 (talk) 00:35, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

New Name

From The Game..To just "Game" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.255.63.96 (talk) 13:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Yep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lpX3b15q-g&feature=player_embedded —Preceding unsigned comment added by DinoAvdic (talk • contribs) 16:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Honestly, the only people that Game has worked with more than once or twice is 50, Dre, Cool and Dre and the rappers from BWS. Rick Ross?! Ja Rule?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by HalukOzkan19 (talk • contribs) 14:05, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Move Request

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was Not moved; official website still uses "The". Non-admin closure (there is a backlog) Cybercobra (talk) 11:08, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

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The Game (rapper) → Game (rapper) — He has changed his stage name, article has not been moved to reflect that. Taylor Karras (talk) 00:53, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Add some reliable sources to support your arguement... SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 04:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

A source to support Taylor Karras statement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lpX3b15q-g&feature=player_embedded 92.9.10.114 (talk) 20:44, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

This is a reliable and notable source supporting my statement. Taylor Karras (talk) 02:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Umm neither of those sources are reliable according to Wikipedia's reliable source policy. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 02:10, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Moved?

Just browsing, seems the result was "not moved", yet it was. Can someone explain? --HELLØ ŦHERE 00:57, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. The result was not moved to due the fact that no one could provide reliable sources. Why was this moved? SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 06:23, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Aren't his album & single cover(s) reliable enough? -- DinoAvdic —Preceding undated comment added 17:02, 27 November 2009 (UTC).

So we're citing his non-released album? --HELLØ ŦHERE 17:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

What about his singles?--DinoAvdic (talk) 14:54, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

hey im looking for a song that game sings, he says like middle finger for the police, 2 fingers for somebody, can someone tell me what the song is called —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.208.110 (talk) 05:43, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

It's called "Bang Along". Do a google search next time rather than using Wikipedia talk pages; because these are not forums. Andrewlp1991 (talk) 07:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, need to add that Game is in Aftermath! http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10579/title.game-officially-returns-to-aftermath-records —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.150.160.199 (talk) 19:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

If you read the article, it has been added already. Before you posted this here. --HELLØ ŦHERE 20:01, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Missing information

{{editsemiprotected}} In the section "Early Life" are numerous facts missing and not described exactly which should be added for a better understanding of the reader.Also the whole article should have more inside information because the use of a mistacly written article is questionable.I could write the points that need to be added myself.

Kaboomkarat (talk) 15:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Please detail exact, specific changes and back them up with a reliable source.  fetchcomms☛ 20:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Also Game starred in Belly 2 as "G" but there is no mention of it on his filmography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8Miles&Runnin (talk • contribs) 22:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

The Game is not a member of G-unit!

This article has been vandalised to say the Game was a member of G-Unit. In fact, he was never in G-Unit, and has a feud with them! The changes were:

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Game_%28rapper%29&diff=348612369&oldid=348387260

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Game_%28rapper%29&diff=348612489&oldid=348612369

These should be reverted. I don't have an account so I can't do it (the article is protected). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.146.213 (talk) 12:45, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure? Wasn't the feud because he was a member and "feuded" with other members? G-Unit#The_Game In any case, now you should be able to edit it even though it is protected. ErikHaugen (talk) 00:30, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Death rumors?

http://wireupdate.com/entertainment/00341/rapper-the-game-dies-in-shooting-so-the-story-goes/ 76.91.1.112 (talk) 14:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Nas

I have tried to add Nas to Associated Acts. The problem is User:Partially730 has repeatedly removed him. From WP:WikiProject Musicians: "Other acts with which this act has collaborated on multiple occasions". They have collaborated on at least four songs that have appeared on their respective major label studio albums (Doctors Advocate, LAX, Hip Hop Is Dead and Untitled Nas album). Their is also an upcoming album by Game (The R.E.D. Album) that may include Nas. STAT -Verse 05:15, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

G-Unit Records

The article indicates that he is still a part of G-Unit records when game himself has stated multiple times that he left interscope/aftermath/g-unit records to move to geffen during the fued. Of course hes since signed back to aftermath but he still hasn't mentioned anything about signing with g-unit... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.212.196 (talk) 09:55, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

The red album isnt yet released,at the article has (2010) as the year of release. <span ctalk:BiGGiEE|talk]] • contribs) 16:28, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Game is not the manager of Axe Murder Boyz == yes he is

Game is not the manager of AMB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.145.56 (talk) 11:09, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Game Homophobic remarks

In July 2005, (The) Game announced on live BBC radio that gay men were "faggots" and "not real men". The BBC immediately distanced themselves from his comments.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5049566.stm

This is surely worthy of inclusion in the 'Controversies' section. It was suggested and added before, but has subsequently been removed. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Game_(rapper)&oldid=144361856#Homophobia

217.204.4.11 (talk) 12:30, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Alot of rappers make homophobic remarks. Nothing special and worth noting. STATic message me! 05:13, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Ashasm, 19 June 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} His son King Justice was born 04/25/07 & His daughter Cali Dream was born 8/21/10 and was 8lbs 40z.

Ashasm (talk) 20:05, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —GFOLEY FOUR— 04:21, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 66.61.51.99, 3 August 2011

Under the description of tattoos it says he has a tattoo of "G-Unot" where it should be G-Unit

66.61.51.99 (talk) 03:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

 Not done: From what I can find, kinda quickly here since it is un-sourced, it should be G-Unot not G-Unit. Here is on place where I found this, I also found another but the link is blacklisted on Wikipedia :O. Jnorton7558 (talk) 05:00, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Appearance in Change of heart.

Jayceon Taylor was featured in the Change of Heart show back in 1998 as this video displays it and it is also widely known, how come it is not included in the article?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMhDYK7ajE

Mixtape: Purp &Patron

The release of the purp and patron mixtape in 2010 a year before the long await R.E.D album featured artists such as pharrell williams, snoop dogg, lil wayne, rick ross and wiz khalifa in a remix of his breakout single black and yellow turned to purp and yellow. Although originally to be released in 2 cd's one titled purp the other patron. Purp & yellow has been removed due to legal issues along with the track heartbreaker. Remixes of songs such as "black and yellow" and "i'm the king" featured. The feud with 50 cent and G-unit seems to be unresolved as in the song "dead" The Game asks for reconciliation with 50 cent "50 lets talk it out but until we talk it out/ nigger don't don't end up dead...". the mixtape featured producers such as Dr.Dre, Dj shake, T-pain and cool & dre. The mixtape was brought to you by Dj Skee.

Mixtape: Purp &Patron

The release of the purp and patron mixtape in 2010 a year before the long await R.E.D album featured artists such as pharrell williams, snoop dogg, lil wayne, rick ross and wiz khalifa in a remix of his breakout single black and yellow turned to purp and yellow. Although originally to be released in 2 cd's one titled purp the other patron. Purp & yellow has been removed due to legal issues along with the track heartbreaker. Remixes of songs such as "black and yellow" and "i'm the king" featured. The feud with 50 cent and G-unit seems to be unresolved as in the song "dead" The Game asks for reconciliation with 50 cent "50 lets talk it out but until we talk it out/ nigger don't don't end up dead...". the mixtape featured producers such as Dr.Dre, Dj shake, T-pain and cool & dre. The mixtape was brought to you by Dj Skee.

he da coolist rapper.