Hip-hop is in a good space right now. Despite the recent existential crisis over mainstream viability, the sheer volume of strong, creative rappers is immense. Different cities and regions are rich with a variety of styles from rappers distinct to them. Claiming hip-hop is wack right now might be a bit ignorant. However, The Game begs to differ. In fact, he\u2019s lamenting the state of hip-hop while propping himself up accordingly.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Compton rapper appeared<\/a> on Big Boy\u2019s Neighborhood to promote his upcoming album The Documentary 3. There, he calls modern hip-hop \u201ctrash\u201d and didn\u2019t take long to declare himself \u201cone of the best rappers on Earth.\u201d \u201cEveryone knows this. And anyone that disagrees with that is, you know, they lying to themselves,\u201d The Game tells Big Boy and company. \u201cThen bring up my discography and everything that I\u2019ve done for hip-hop, L.A., the West Coast. Like, I carried a lot and I asked for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly afterwards, he marks himself on the Mount Rushmore of West Coast rappers, too. He put himself in the ranks of California elites with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre.<\/p>\n The Game Alleges That He Tried to Sign Kendrick Lamar But Was Denied<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the interview, Game muses on another all-time West Coast great, Kendrick Lamar. He reflects on seeing Kendrick early on in his career, seeing the potential before a lot of others. Consequently, The Game claims that he tried to sign him when he had the chance.<\/p>\n \u201cI was always asking [TDE founder] Top, \u2018Yo, let me get Dot. \u2018He was like, \u2018No.\u2019 He knew what he was, I knew what he was,\u201d The Game says. \u201cLet me get him as an artist because I already knew. I knew what he was gonna be and nobody didn\u2019t understand it yet except everybody that was around Top and TDE, they knew. And I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n TDE\u2019s head of security, 2Teez, isn\u2019t buying this tale. In an Instagram post<\/a> from DJ Akademiks covering the story, he comments that The Game is blatantly lying to try and get credit. \u201cBlood faking he never wanted to sign Kendrick!!!!!\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n On the matter of The Game being \u201cone of the best rappers on Earth,\u201d he offered<\/a> discounted verses earlier this month, 50% off of his usual rate. \u201cI don\u2019t care where you from, DM the GOAT, get you a muthaf***in\u2019 murdered-out verse\u2026 I\u2019m not playing,\u201d he says on Instagram. \u201cF**k what all them muthaf***in\u2019 weird-ass blogs saying, all these hating n***as with my name in they mouth saying every day. If you pay for a verse, that b***h getting murdered. You gonna get it back ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n