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Game’s attack on alleged child predator has fans criticizing his controversial relationship with teen India Love
Rapper The Game, real name Jayceon Terrell Taylor, has teamed up with web personality Vitaly Zdorovetskiy on live streamThe Compton-born artist appeared on Vitaly’s show in a well-liked segment that focused on confronting alleged pedophiles.
At one point, The Game and the remaining of Vitaly’s crew attacked and berated a 22-year-old man in a public restroom. A video of Game throwing a pie on the alleged pedophile’s face was posted on Instagram, Twitter and other social media.
Unfortunately, public attention quickly turned to accusations that the “Hate It or Love It” hitmaker, 44, groomed India Love Westbrooks, now 28, for sex during her teenage years.
Instagram users responded to Vitaly’s “catching pedophiles” video post by bringing up Game’s alleged past after the clip was shared on The Neighborhood Talk. For example, one person on Instagram asked“Wasn’t he with India Love when she was a minor?”
Someone else on the platform wondered, “And didn’t he date India Love when she was a minor?” Additionally, a social media user insisted, “You have to be the Predator to catch the Predator, people.”
According to Shadow RoomThe Game began dating Love in 2014, when the Westbrooks reality star was just 18. He would have been around 35 on the time.
Some fans got here to the 44-year-old’s defense, with many fans claiming Love was of age of consent when the rumored romance began.
“Can you stop with the LIES already! India was LEGALLY ADULTS when they were together. Google is free,” wrote one sympathizer.
Another supporter of the hip-hop artist said: “So you’re not happy they caught the predator because you don’t like the Game… ok.”
“Are y’all slow? When he (and) India were together she was definitely in her 20s, whatever you say,” one Instagram comment read. In response, someone added, “No, she was freshly 18, but they were definitely close when she was underage.”
Neither The Game nor India Love have confirmed the speculation about their alleged relationship. However, the “How We Do” rapper is not any stranger to controversy or fans making unfounded accusations about his behavior.
The Game also faced criticism for a June 2024 Instagram post about his 13-year-old daughter, California “Cali” Dream Taylor, with many users expressing how “weird” or inappropriate the photos were.
The “Waist Deep” actor may be seen within the photo getting down on one knee, handing Cali a flower to have fun her eighth grade graduation. The caption for the photo read partially, “The most amazing love I’ve ever known.”
Many online reactions suggested that the interaction between The Game and Cali was too closely harking back to a wedding proposal. A critic commented, “I wasn’t the one who assumed that this young lady had been proposed to… that’s weird.”
The Game previously faced public outrage over Cali’s Halloween 2023 costume. The highschool student wore a Fashion Nova Dallas Cowboys costume, prompting complaints that the outfit was “too adult” for a lady her age.
“She gets straight A’s… a lot of A’s… So this is the first Halloween I’ve let her pick her own costume and without hesitation she went straight to @fashionnova with her mom’s card lol,” Game explained.
The Grammy-nominated artist continued, “She was sweet about it, but I still feel like fighting someone… I just don’t know who (and) someone needs to tell her we’re 49ers fans.”
In addition to his daughter, The Game has two sons. His ex-girlfriend Valeisha Butterfield gave birth to 21-year-old Harlem Caron Taylor.
Game’s ex-fiancée Tiffney Cambridge is the mother of 17-year-old king Justice Taylor and California Dream Taylor.
Amid those accusations, the West Coast resident also faces the opportunity of losing his home due to a 2016 settlement in a sexual assault case filed against him in 2015. A judge subpoenaed his kid’s school records and proof of residence on behalf of the victim, former reality star Priscilla Rainey.
She is in search of the remaining of her $7 million settlement, and The Game’s estate is reportedly value almost $3 million. The Game has already paid her $500,000.
Zdorowiecki also has a history of comparable accusations after he was arrested for assaulting a lady and punching her within the face in 2020. He was reportedly given a $7,500 bond and charged with a violent crime, in keeping with TMZ.