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The Game spent his early life in Compton, living primarily in a Crip gang neighborhood known as Santana Blocc.[5] The rapper would grow up to become a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods.[6] 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[7] his family was split up and The Game lived with a foster family for eight years in Carson, a suburb of Los Angeles, (located immediately southwest of Compton) 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.[7] 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 "Big Fase 100" who was the leader of the Cedar Block Pirus. The Game was shot five times after a failed drug deal in 2001, receiving bullet wounds to the heart, stomach, and arms. This attack put him in a three day coma and while recovering in the hospital, he decided to pursue a career in the rap industry. Studying various classic rap albums, he developed a strategy to become a rapper himself, and with help from Big Fase they founded The Black Wall Street Records. The Game then released his first mixtape called You Know What It Is Vol. 1 which found its way into the hands of Dr. Dre who eventually signed him to Aftermath Entertainment. To capitlize on the growing buzz, The Game continued to release albums independently through JT the Bigga Figga's label "Get Low Recordz".The Game was originally signed as an artist ..math 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. Since then he made numerous cameo appearances in music videos by 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, and Fabolous. 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, and Memphis Bleek. The first single The Game appeared on was "Certified Gangstas" by Jim Jones before his own single "Westside Story" was released in 2004.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. Dr. Dre and 50 Cent were executive producers on The Game's major label debut album, The Documentary, which spawned the hit singles "How We Do" and "Hate It or Love It". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard music charts and was the tenth best selling album of 2005 in the United States.[8] It also debuted at number 7 in the United Kingdom and sold over 5 million copies world wide.In 2006 The Game had to leave Aftermath Entertainment and sign with Geffen Records, an imprint of Interscope, in order to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit. The rapper has finished working on his sophomore album Doctor's Advocate, which was released November 14, 2006. He is also working on getting his own label, The Black Wall Street Records, signed to a distribution label. While The Game originally claimed Dr. Dre would still do production work on the album in the November issue of XXL magazine,[9] he admitted in September (after the interview was conducted) during an interview on radio station Power 105 that Dr. Dre would not be producing any tracks on the album.[10][11] So far he has released 2 singles for his new album entitled "It's Okay (One Blood)" and "Let's Ride".[12]The Game is also venturing into acting. In 2006 he made his film debut in the movie Waist Deep and has been/is filming at least two more. The Los Angeles Times reported that The Game is now a resident of Glendale, California after having purchased a home in the Kenneth Village neighborhood.[13] The Game announced that he was engaged to actress/model Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield. The couple were set to marry in March of 2007, but the engagement has since been called off.[..I get my Free MySpace Layouts at LayoutStreet.com