The Game regrets a not-so-nice comment he made about Dr. Dre during a 2022 interview, and while he stands on what he said, he does wish he would have handled things differently.
The initial comment arrived during an appearance on Drink Champs while discussing Kanye West, who at the time had just teamed up with The Game for his single “Eazy” – which netted the latter his highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 song in nearly 15 years. “It’s crazy that Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than [Dr.] Dre did for me my whole career,” he told N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN.
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In a new interview with Amazon Music published on Wednesday (June 28), The Game admitted he was a bit drunk when he said that last February and that he should have been more grateful that Dre did anything for him at all.
“So basically I was hollering at N.O.R.E. and them a little inebriated,” he began. “And I said some things that I meant. I’m not gon’ take it back – I ain’t no sucker. But having Dre do anything for your project, anything in your career, touch any part of anything you’re doing in life is such a blessing that I shall not ever shit on that again.”
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He continued: “And I haven’t talked to Dre since. And it don’t really matter if we talk again in life. Like, I’m a standup Compton, L.A. n-gga and it is what it is. I said what I said, I’m not going back on it. It’s just that I should have actually gave him more grace for what he did do and that was actually mentoring me and doing things that nobody could have done for me in my career.
“When I was talking on there, I was speaking in terms of what Ye was doing right at that moment which was life-changing for me in that moment last year. And then I based it on Dre’s lack thereof because I took the business part personal and I should have left it business.”
The Game concluded: “But Dre is Dre, bro. We all know what Dr. Dre do.”
On the 18th anniversary of his major label debut The Documentary this past January, The Game saluted 50 Cent and Dr. Dre for everything they did to help him out at the time. Both 50 and Dre served as executive producers on the album, and The Game was also signed to G-Unit and Aftermath, respectively.
“18 years ago today…. A hip hop classic was born,” The Game captioned his post. “All I wanted to do was tell my story & make sure my son would never live the life I did. @snoopdogg passed me the torch, @bustarhymes kept me focused… @drdre laid the foundation & @50cent helped put the puzzle together.”
He continued: “I took @jonathanmannion to the depths of Compton, California & showed him the heart of what I survived. He captured the essence of my city, my hood & brought to the world my vision. Always remember, it is no longer a dream once it becomes reality.”
It may not always be all love between The Game and his former labelmates, but it seems things are as cordial as they can be for the time being.
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Elsewhere in the same interview, the Compton rapper also addressed the rumors that he wrote the hook for “What Up Gangsta” from 50 Cent’s landmark debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin’.
