The Game Discusses Suicidal Thoughts in New Ish of "Complex"
In a recent interview with Complex magazine, The Game spoke candidly about thoughts of suicide, his loyalty to Dr. Dre and having nightmares of trading places with Tupac.
While some may think that the West Coast emcee's life has been set since dropping his multi-platinum debut The Documentary, Game set the record straight and revealed that he has been significantly affected by all of the drama that he has faced in recent months. "I was, six months ago, at a point of my life where I felt like I knew how it felt for a person to want to commit suicide. Life was just that bad," said the Compton rapper. "I felt like I didn't get the props that I deserved, and that started f*cking with me. And when you hear this album, you'll hear the conviction and the pain."
He also outlined "...sitting in a closet by himself with f*cking tears running down my face, trying to figure out, how did I go from being one of the best rappers in the world and the most loved to being one of the most hated?"
The Game also took the opportunity to address Dr. Dre's noticeable absence from his new LP and why his lack of involvement with the record has not changed the dynamic of their relationship.
"I stay loyal. It's like people trying to...just because people think Dre's not working on the album, or they feel like Dre turned his back, doesn't mean that I'm not going to stay loyal to the guy that has helped me turn my life around." He goes on to say, "How about giving me a chance to feed my family for the rest of my life? Isn't that better than giving me a beat?"
Expressing his desire to want to be in "Dre's role," Hurricane Game admitted to planning a retirement from rap in exchange for duties as a producer. "I think that I'm going to probably quit rapping around 31. It's not about digging in the cookie jar until all the crumbs are gone....that's why I'm producing on this album." The rapper also questions whether or not Eazy-E really died of AIDS and his own fear of an untimely death. "I have nightmares of situations where people were murdered or their life ended in some tragedy; but instead of it being them, it's me. I have nightmares of Kanye West's car crash breaking up my face. I have nightmares of being in the car with Suge and sitting in Pac's position. I wake up trying to rationalize and analyze the situations or think about how Pac really died. What don't people know?
The October/November issue of Complex hits newsstands on October 10.
In a recent interview with Complex magazine, The Game spoke candidly about thoughts of suicide, his loyalty to Dr. Dre and having nightmares of trading places with Tupac.
While some may think that the West Coast emcee's life has been set since dropping his multi-platinum debut The Documentary, Game set the record straight and revealed that he has been significantly affected by all of the drama that he has faced in recent months. "I was, six months ago, at a point of my life where I felt like I knew how it felt for a person to want to commit suicide. Life was just that bad," said the Compton rapper. "I felt like I didn't get the props that I deserved, and that started f*cking with me. And when you hear this album, you'll hear the conviction and the pain."
He also outlined "...sitting in a closet by himself with f*cking tears running down my face, trying to figure out, how did I go from being one of the best rappers in the world and the most loved to being one of the most hated?"
The Game also took the opportunity to address Dr. Dre's noticeable absence from his new LP and why his lack of involvement with the record has not changed the dynamic of their relationship.
"I stay loyal. It's like people trying to...just because people think Dre's not working on the album, or they feel like Dre turned his back, doesn't mean that I'm not going to stay loyal to the guy that has helped me turn my life around." He goes on to say, "How about giving me a chance to feed my family for the rest of my life? Isn't that better than giving me a beat?"
Expressing his desire to want to be in "Dre's role," Hurricane Game admitted to planning a retirement from rap in exchange for duties as a producer. "I think that I'm going to probably quit rapping around 31. It's not about digging in the cookie jar until all the crumbs are gone....that's why I'm producing on this album." The rapper also questions whether or not Eazy-E really died of AIDS and his own fear of an untimely death. "I have nightmares of situations where people were murdered or their life ended in some tragedy; but instead of it being them, it's me. I have nightmares of Kanye West's car crash breaking up my face. I have nightmares of being in the car with Suge and sitting in Pac's position. I wake up trying to rationalize and analyze the situations or think about how Pac really died. What don't people know?
The October/November issue of Complex hits newsstands on October 10.
