The Game’s father, George Taylor, passed away on Wednesday morning (January 17) at his Apple Valley, California home, according to TMZ. A family member reportedly found Taylor unresponsive around 8:30 a.m. PST and a neighbor called 911. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was 65.
To say The Game had a rough upbringing would be an understatement. Born in Compton, California, he grew up surrounded by drugs and violence. After his uncle was murdered, his father self-medicated with the powerful drug PCP.
As The Game explained in the 2016 docu-series Streets of Compton, “Nearly every family in Compton has been touched by drugs, and mine is no exception. My uncle Greg was murdered down the street from my house when I was 6. My dad turned to PCP to dull the pain.”
His mother Lynette Baker added, “”[Drugs] changed everything. This big happy family that we had turned awful.”
It’s a topic he addresses on the track “Ol’ English” from 2006’s Doctor’s Advocate.
“Once upon a time in the projects yo/ I watched my uncle Greg put D’s on his six-fo’/ I washed it on Monday so he bought me a gold chain/ Shopped crack and watched “Colors” and I soaked up game/ Drove the Impala on his lap that was my role model/ Used to let me kill the corner of his 40-ounce bottle/ On the weekend him and my pops flashed the ‘Vette/ Till one weekend my uncle got stabbed to death/ He got murdered by a fiend my pops ain’t like that,” he spits.
Although the status of their relationship is unknown, The Game and his father appeared to have plenty of love for one another. In the above Instagram post from May 2017, he captioned the photo, “me & Compton OG aka my pops in New York when I was working on #DoctorsAdvocate we been through too much, good & bad for me not to love em.”
The coroner reportedly has Taylor’s body and is conducting an investigation into the cause of death. No foul play is suspected.
RIP George Taylor.
Watch Game have a hit song soon. #iIIuminati #bloodsacrifice
God bless the dead.
Somewhere in the distant horizon we can hear 40 Glocc chuckle
Didn’t one of his family members r a p e his sister? was that a step dad?
Pretty sure it was this dude while Jayceon tickled his asshole with a glo-worm
Nah, it’s this man, the one the article is about
Oh, my man The Game bout to snap on next album. Watch out for Westside Story.
My condolences to Game, even though its unlikely he will ever read this. I’m lucky to still have my father, but I’d be incredibly heart broken if he went unexpectedly.
He gonna make a gospel album now
Happy Death Day!
40 COCC welcome…. hope your Moms and Pops have a painful exit, you piece of untalented, non-relevant troll……….
RIP. But “Unexpectedly” though? If you’ve listened to Game speak on his father I don’t think I’d expect him to reach 90.
RIP. Game is underappreciated for pouring his emotions onto tracks. Ol’ English is one of my favourites. Dude had a tough upbringing, but became one of the best ever from the west coast.
And who said you had to comment? am wondering!
R.I.P.
Jayceon didn’t mess with his dad he used his relationship with him for publicity hes got like 4 songs dissing him for raping his sister who also didn’t want it to be publicized…..
Crazy there’s so many ignorant people on social media…. Show some respect. The man just lost his father…. What if it was your parents or love ones SMDH… Some people are SAD man.
Nah fuck that fuck him and his dead father
Nah FUCK YOU!!
Apple Valley and Victorville have horrible healthcare facilities. Hope he didn’t die because of negligence, RIP.
Damn always the worst feeling when losing a parent lost the woman who raised me last year snd god damn that pain cuts deep condolences to game and the taylor family
I send my condolences 2 u bro keep ur head up pops still inside u
wasn’t his father abusing his half-sister? hear the bonus track “bloody moon” on the album “bloody moon: year of the wolf”.
I guess it’s game over, my bad my bad