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Game Facts:
 Birth name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Nicknames: Chuck Taylor, Hurricane Game, The California Kid, Dr. Dre's Protege, The Game
Birth date: November 29, 1979
Birth place: Compton, California
Height: 6'4" (1.93 m)
Other Facts:
 Game has a teardrop tattoo on the corner of his left eye and a butterfly tattoo on the corner of his right eye.
He prefers to wear red clothing and baseball caps, usually a Cincinnati or Boston hat.
He wears black clothing and a black bandana to represent The Black Wallstreet.
He appeared on the show "Change of Heart" in 1998 when he was 17.
He used to have a tongue ring.
He has a son named Harlem Caron Taylor, who was born June 30, 2003.
He is a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods.
He established his own record label called "The Black Wallstreet." The Game has signed several artists and one of the more known artists, a female rapper named Vita, who was formerly signed to Murder Inc.
He has several role models including Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, Rakim, KRS-One, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and most importantly Eazy-E.
His debut album titled "The Documentary" was released January 18, 2005 and sold more than 586,000 units in it's first week, and also placed #1 on the Billboard charts.
From the ages of 7 to 15 when he was in foster care, The Game resided right outside of West Compton in Carso, California.
As of February 28, 2005, The Game was officially booted out of G-Unit by rapper 50 Cent. Rumors had been circulating for a long time that the two emcees were not getting along. The final straw was when The Game declined any involvement surrounding the controversy of 50 Cent's diss song "Piggy Bank."
He received four mics in The Source magazine for his album "The Documentary."
He graduated from Compton High School in 1999.
He played basketball with NBA basketball star Baron Davis in high school and the two Compton natives are still good friends.
He sent a demo to Dave Mays, the founder of The Source Magazine, in regards to wanting to be featured in the magazine as unsigned hype, but another L.A. emcee was chosen instead.
He is good friends with veteran hip hop artist Nas.
He recorded many songs with San Francisco producer JT The Bigga Figga. JT has made those songs into four albums, "West Coast Resurrection," "Untold Story," "Untold Story 2" and "Untold Story: Chopped and Screwed" released under Get Low Records.
He participates in the annual Rucker's Basketball Championship in Harlem, New York.
He is good friends with Long Beach, California rapper Snoop Dogg.
His favorite movie is "Blow Out" starring John Travolta.
He prefers camomile tea to green tea.
He wrote his entire album "The Documentary."
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