The Game

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Birth Name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor

Place of Birth: Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: November 29, 1979

Ethnicity: African-American

The Game is an American actor and rapper. He was a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit. The group’s members also included 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks.

His parents, Lynette (Baker) and George Taylor, are African-American. He has three children.

The Game is sometimes said to have Mexican ancestry. This does not appear to be accurate.

The Game’s paternal grandfather is George Ausborne Taylor, Sr. (the son of George Thomas Taylor and Eugenia/Eugenie Vivian Pillars/Pillar/Pillows). The Game’s grandfather George was born in Mississippi. The Game’s great-grandfather George was the son of Benjamin Taylor. Eugenia was the daughter of Jessie Walter Pillars/Pillar/Pillows and Mary Gertrude Bogan.

The Game’s paternal grandmother is Edith Carol/Carole Smith (the daughter of John Wesley Smith and Esther Mae Rayford/Raylord). Edith was born in California. John was born in Mississippi, the son of J. H. Smith and Cora Johnson. Esther was born in Louisiana, the daughter of George Washington Rayford and Josephine “Josie” Walker.

Source: Death record of The Game’s paternal grandfather, George Ausborne Taylor, Sr. – https://www.familysearch.org