Featured In
ALBUMFire in Ya Eyes Again - SingleLioness Kaur, The Game & JB
Albums by The Game
ALBUMPaisley DreamsThe Game & Big Hit
ALBUMDRILLMATIC Heart vs. MindThe Game
ALBUMBorn 2 RapThe Game
ALBUM1992 (Deluxe Edition)The Game
ALBUMBlock WarsThe Game
ALBUMStreets of ComptonThe Game
ALBUMThe Documentary 2 + 2.5 (Collector's Edition)The Game
ALBUMThe Documentary 2.5The Game
ALBUMOKE (Deluxe Edition)The Game
ALBUMThe Black Wallstreet, Vol. 7The Game & DJ Infamous Haze
The Game's Popular Music Videos
My Flag (Extended Version)
The Game
Eazy
The Game & Kanye West
Eazy (Animation Video)
The Game & Kanye West
How We Do (Main Version, Closed Captioned)
The Game
Playa's Only (feat. The Game)
R. Kelly
West Side
The Game
Or Nah
The Game
Stainless (feat. Anderson .Paak)
The Game
A.I. With the Braids (feat. Lil Wayne)
The Game
Wouldn't Get Far (feat. Kanye West) [MTV Version, Closed Captioned]
The Game
Artist Playlists
Game Essentials
The Los Angeles rider put his city back on the map with a classic introduction.
The Game: Influences
The uncompromising street cuts that inspired the L.A. rapper.
The Game: Deep Cuts
Some of the rapper's most brutal and thoughtful tracks.
Artist Biography
Entering the gangsta rap scene when the West Coast was losing the dominance it had enjoyed in the early '90s, The Game revived his South Central L.A. 'hood—and proved that it is absolutely possible to become commercially successful without sacrificing an ounce of street cred. Born Jayceon Terrell Taylor in Compton in 1979, he spent a chunk of his youth in foster care and made a community for himself in the city's gangs. He and his brother, Big Fase, studied the work of their rap forebears—Nas, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z—and a mixtape they released in 2002 found its way to Dre himself, who signed The Game to Aftermath Entertainment in 2003 and slotted him with 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. The Game's 2005 debut, The Documentary, proudly extolled West Coast gang culture while showcasing chameleonic flows influenced by rap greats. A deeply felt feud with 50 Cent led to his exit from Aftermath, and Game then launched a barrage of snarling diss tracks aimed at his former mentors before his 2006 sophomore LP, Doctor's Advocate. He was just fine on his own, thanks to his nothing-to-prove attitude and impressive songwriting, spitting bars of brash vulnerability and vivid imagery of his gritty roots over the production of both A-list and up-and-coming beatmakers. His intensity never flagged all the way up through 2019, when he released what he said would be his final album, the reflective Born 2 Rap. Dr. Dre's protegé took his bow as a West Coast OG, the head of his own label (Prolific), a collaborator with Ed Sheeran, and an improbable advocate for rappers laying beefs and judgment aside. And by cosigning L.A.’s newcomers while pausing his career to devote himself to his family, he still carries the torch for the coast.
Hometown
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap