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The Game: The Documentary (Interscope)

Angus Batey, The Times, 29 January 2005

JACEYON TAYLOR, aka the Game, is keen to point out to his listeners that rap was not his first calling. The 25-year-old turned to music in 2001 after surviving five gunshot wounds: buying a collection of classic rap albums, he began writing and a year later met Dr Dre, who signed him to his label.

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