The Game grew up in Compton during his earlier life and lived in a primarily Crip neighborhood known as Santana Blocc. The rapper would eventually become a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods. The rapper's nickname was coined by his grandmother, who said that he was always "Game" for anything. His mother and father were both affiliated with Crip gangs. After his older sister accused his father of sexual molestation his family was split up and The Game lived with a foster family for eight years in Carson, a suburb of Los Angeles, until he was reunited with his mother when he was 13. The Game had a short stint at Washington State University on a basketball scholarship before being kicked out because of drug allegations. It was then that he started fully embracing street life and turning towards selling drugs. At 18 years of age he began to follow his older half brother and Cedar Block Piru leader "Big Fase 100". The Game was shot at five times after a failed drug deal in 2001 which put him in a three day coma. While recovering in the hospital, he decided to pursue a career in the rap industry. The Game stated that he studied various classic rap albums in order to develop a good strategy to become the greatest rapper alive. With help from his older brother "Big Fase 100" they founded The Black Wall Street Records and after being signed independently to JT the Bigga Figga's Get Low Recordz signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. The Game was originally signed as an artist on Aftermath Entertainment, but Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre decided to have The Game also work with 50 Cent and G-Unit. The arrangement was to help build a growing buzz around The Game which would also fuel interest in G-Unit. Dr. Dre and 50 Cent were executive producers on The Game's debut album, The Documentary. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard music charts and spawned the hit singles "How We Do", "Hate It or Love It". The original title of the album was Nigga Wit' An Attitude Volume 1, as can be seen in the lyrics to Dreams, but an injunction filed at the request of Eazy-E's widow prevented him from using N.W.A.'s name in the album title. The rapper is currently working on his sophomore album The Doctor's Advocate.It will be released Nov. 14, 2006."; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
