The Game Pleads No Contest on Gun Charge

by Jarrett Martineau | February 11, 2008 at 07:32 pm

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Rapper The Game will serve a two month jail sentence, perform community service work, and serve three years probation, for pulling out a gun during a pickup basketball game at a Los Angeles high school.

A pickup game. A non-professional, 'hey-we're-just-playing-for-fun-aren't-we' game of shooting hoops.

Maybe if your name is The Game, it creates that extra bit of confusion when you're playing one.

The rapper was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to felony possession of a firearm in a school zone. Two other counts were dismissed under a plea agreement, the district attorney's office said.

The 28-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was accused of pulling a gun on a player from an opposing team during a pickup game at a South Los Angeles school nearly a year ago.

Superior Court Judge Fred Wapner credited the rapper with two days already served toward the jail time and imposed 150 hours of community service and a three-year probationary term.