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Issue 1101

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THE GAME: FACING 5 YEAR STRETCH

The Game
The Game

The Game has been officially charged in connection with an incident during a basketball match in LA from February this year, at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex in LA.

Born Jayceon Taylor, the Compton born and bred rapper was involved in an altercation where he allegedly punched a player on the opposing team and later pulled out a gun threatening to shoot the unnamed victim.

Having been previously arrested in connection with the incident and released on $50,000 bail in May, after LAPD officers searched his Glendale home seeking evidence in connection with the incident,

The rapper was charged on June 5 on the counts of making a criminal threat, possession of a firearm in a school zone and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer. If found guilty The Game faces up to 5 years inside.
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