The Game

Jayceon Taylor born November 29, 1979, also known as The Game, the California rapper whose 2005 debut album, The Documentary, entered the charts at no. 1 and had to Grammy nominations for this album. A gang member and drug dealer, Taylor was attacked in his home in 2001 and got shot five times.
He was in a three-day coma after surviving this traumatic event The Game decided to devote his life to music. His independently produced demo, Untold Story, sold thousands of copies and caught the attention of music producer Dr. Dre, who then began working with The Game in 2002. The Game's first album, had collaborators included Dre, Kanye West and 50 Cent.
Included within the album was a duet with 50 Cent, the single entitled "How We Do," added to the excitement, and when The Documentary was released it sold nearly 600,000 copies in the first week. Following The Game's chart success was the public beef between 50 Cent and Game which resulted in a shooting incident outside a New York radio station in March of 2005.

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