  The Game was born Jayceon Taylor
in Compton, California. He attended
Washington State University on a basketball
scholarship but found himself kicked out for
drug-dealing. After some time gang-banging
and drug dealing, the Game was almost killed
in a robbery at his apartment. While
recovering from the 5 gun shot wounds, he
made the choice to let rap music be his goal.
The transition to rap music got the attention
of Dr. Dre in 2002 who produced
his debut LP and led to a spot with 50 Cent's G Unit.
 The Untold
Story was released - a collection of
unreleased material produced by JT The Bigga
Figga.
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
The Game released his official
debut LP The
Documentary
.The Game hit the Top 40 with
help from 50 Cent on "How We Do."
 The Game topped
the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with The
Documentary selling over 586,000 copies its
first week of release in the US.
50 Cent told a radio station
that he was dropping The Game from G-Unit
for disloyalty reasons.
.The single "How We Do" was certified
gold.
 .The Game topped the Billboard
Rhythmic Airplay chart with help from 50 Cent on "How We Do."
The
Documentary was certified 2x platinum.
.The Game hit the Top 40 with 50 Cent on "Hate It Or Love It."
.The Game hit the Top 10 with help from 50 Cent on "How We Do."
The single "How We Do" was certified
platinum.
 The Game topped the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and
Hot Rap Tracks chart with help from 50 Cent on "Hate It Or Love It."
.The Game hit the Top 10 with 50 Cent on "Hate It Or Love It."
The single "Hate It Or Love It" was certified
gold.
 The video for "Hate It Or Love It" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video. The video for
"Dreams" was nominated for Best New Artist.
The Game performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
The Game could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
The Game had the #10 selling LP
of 2005 with The
Documentary selling over 2.2
million copies during the year.
 The Game was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group and
Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter)
("Hate It Or Love It" with A. Lyon, 50 Cent and M. Valenzano).
 The Game was arrested for
possession of a deadly weapon (brass
knuckles) in California after being pulled
over for a traffic violation.
The Game could be seen in the
film Waist Deep.
The Game released Doctor's
Advocate.
The Game could be heard on Fat Joe's LP Me,
Myself And I on the track "Breathe And
Stop."
The Game topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top Rap Albums chart, and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Doctor's
Advocate - selling over 358,000 copies
its first week of release in the US.
The Game could be heard on the Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony LP Strength
And Loyalty on the track
"Streets."
 The Game could be heard on the Chris Brown LP Exclusive on the track
"Nice."
The Game was sentenced to 60
days in prison for firearms possession under
a plea aggreement. He was released after 8
days.
 The Game could be heard on the Nas LP Nas with
"Make The World Go Round."
The Game hit the Top 40 with Lil Wayne with "My Life."
The Game released LAX.
The Game topped the Billboard
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Top Rap
Albums chart with LAX.
The Game could be heard on the Ludacris LP Theater
Of The Mind on the track "Call Up The
Homies."
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Untold Story
Released: October, 2004
Billboard
peak:
# 146
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Neighborhood Supa Starz" -
"When S*** Get Thick" -
"I'm Looking" - "Real
Gangstaz" - "Drama Is
Real" - "Compton 2
Filimore" - "El
Presidente" - "G.A.M.E." -
"Cali Boyz" - "Who The
Illest" - "Bleek Is..." -
"Street Kings" - "Don't
Cry" - "Exclusively" -
"Compton Compton" -
"Outro" |
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The Documentary
Released: January, 2005
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
 Tracks: "Intro"
- "Westside Story" (with 50
Cent) - "Dreams" - "Hate
It Or Love It" (with 50 Cent) -
"Higher" - "How We Do" (with 50
Cent) - "Dont' Need Your Love"
(with Faith Evans) - "Church For
Thugs" - "Put You On The
Game" - "Start From
Scratch" - "Documentary" -
"Runnin'" - "No More Fun
And Games" - "We Ain't"
(with Eminem) - "Where I'm
From" (with Nate Dogg" -
"Special" (with Nate Dogg) -
"Don't Worry" (with Mary J.
Blige) - "Like Father, Like
Son" (with Busta Rhymes) |
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Doctor's Advocate
Released: November, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Lookin At
You" - "Da S***" -
"It's Okay (One Blood)" -
"Compton" - "Remedy"
- "Let's Ride" - "Too
Much" - "Wouldn't Get Far"
- "Scream On 'Em" - "One
Night" - "Doctor's
Advocate" - "Ol' English"
- "California Vacation" -
"Bang" - "Around The
World" - "Why You Hate The
Game" |
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LAX
Released: August, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Intro"
- "State Of Emergency"
(featuring Ice Cube) - "Bulletproof
Diaries" (featuring Raekwon) -
"My Life" (featuring Lil Wayne)
- "Money" - "Cali
Sunshine" (featuring Bilal) -
"Ya Heard" (featuring Ludacris)
- "Hard Liquor" - "House
Of Pain" - "Gentleman's
Affair" (featuring Ne-Yo) -
"Let Us Live" (featuring
Chrisette Michele) -
"Touchdown" (featuring Raheem
DeVaughn) - "Angel" (featuring
Common) - "Never Can Say
Goodbye" (featuring LaToya Williams)
- "Dope Boys" (featuring Travis
Barker) - "Game's Pain"
(featuring Keyshia Cole) - "Letter
To The King" (featuring Nas) -
"Outro" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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