The Game and Monica have gotten up close and personal in the legendary R&B singer’s new video for “Letter,” and fans can’t contain themselves.
In the Richard Selvi-directed visual, which dropped on Friday (June 30), both artists are seen getting cozy in a variety of settings, including in a bathtub where the Compton rapper holds and caresses the Southern songstress under a sea of bubbles.
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Lyrics-wise, it appears Monica is singing about her former lover, Corey “C-Murder” Miller, who is currently serving a life sentence for the alleged 2002 murder of 16-year-old Steve Thomas.
“Writing you this letter, tell my wish that you could hold me/ Penned you a letter ’cause with you I got no worries/ Things that you do, it always hit and make my soul shake/ I try not to but I often think/ Finally found my soulmate,” she sings on the slow-winding track.
Check out the video below:
Prior to the video’s release, both Monica and The Game shared snippets of it on their respective Instagram pages. After the “Angel of Mine” singer posted a clip of the bathtub scene with her and Game, her fans, fellow celebrities and even her own son couldn’t hold back their earnest feelings about what they saw.
“Yo what is this,” commented her 15-year-old son Romelo, whose father is the Atlanta rapper Rocko. Monica replied by saying: “SON… It’s like a movie!! Momma at work [crying face emoji].”
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One of Monica’s best friends Toya Johnson wrote: “We ready sis [fire emoji],” while Twista said: “Give sis her flowers NOW!!!”
Once The Game uploaded a carousel of sultry images of him and Monica from the visual, the fan-fare continued in his comments sections. The former G-Unit signee himself kicked off the shenanigans himself by captioning his post: “They said ‘Make it make sense’…. I said ‘No problem.'”
Comedian Luenell commented: “One thing about Monica, she’s going to keep her a thug on deck. And don’t we all need one [Black fist emoji] [red heart emoji].”
Meanwhile, Tyrese chimed in and said: “Compton Let’s Fucking Go!!!!!!!! My n-gga!!!!!!!,” while boxer Clarissa Shields replied: “Ohhhh shiiiitttt [fire emojis].”
Aside from playing Monica’s on-screen love interest, The Game recently expressed regret for disparaging comments he made about Dr. Dre during a 2022 interview on Drink Champs.
In a new interview with Amazon Music that aired on Wednesday (June 28), the Documentary MC admitted he was a bit drunk when he said that Kanye West did more for his career in two weeks than Dre ever did, and should have been more grateful to the legendary producer.
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“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.
“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.
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He continued: “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. But Dre is Dre, bro. We all know what Dr. Dre do.”
