THE GAME INTERVIEW
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Wardah Sempa – Fashion Editor, Ruby Moore – Editor-In-Chief, The Game, Amron Adams – Founder of I Act TV)
The Streets was lucky enough to secure an interview with the legend himself, American-born rapper and actor, 34-year old Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known as his stage name, ‘The Game’. Taylor has worked his way up to where he currently is in the music industry, but it goes without saying, that it hasn’t been an easy ride!
Living the ‘hood life’ and being brought up around a culture of drugs, guns and hustling, Taylor found it hard to escape this environment and faced a great ordeal. Taylor has admitted to coming from a dysfunctional family, from a young age, he was aware of his parents’ drug addictions. After losing his brother to a gunshot, Taylor was also shot, due to an altercation with an unknown man and put into a three-day-coma.
After recovering from the gun wounds in 2001, Taylor released his first mixtape with the help of his older brother, ‘Big Fase’, entitled ‘You Know What It Is Vol. 1’ in 2002 and achieved a record deal with the independent label ‘Get Low Recordz’ owned by JT the Bigga Rigga. Since then, Taylor has featured in TV adverts, made appearances in films as well as in TV dating show ‘Change Of Hearts’. The Game released his first album in 2005, titled – ‘The Documentary’ which featured Dr. Dre and 50 Cent as executive producers included hit singles ‘How We Do’ and ‘Hate It or Love It’.
That’s the history out the way… So… during the interview, Taylor mentioned that he’s currently working on a project with Ed Sheeran, for his new label. At the moment, Taylor told us he’s keeping busy by touring and creating material for the new album he will drop on later, this year. When asked about which UK artist he would like to work with, Taylor mentioned Dizzee Rascal and said he’s been a fan of him since early. Whilst playing a comparison game, Taylor told us he prefers a woman in ‘sneels’, a cross-reference between sneakers and heels and emphasized his hate for women with weaves. ‘I f***** hate weave…!” were his words.
Watch out for the new season of ‘Marrying The Game’, which will premiere later on this year!
Words : Lilufa Uddin
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