The Game wants to look out for any indie artist on the come up who are looking to add some star power to their discography.
Last Wednesday (October 29), the Compton rapper took to Instagram to announce he was recording guest verses for up-and-coming musical acts — and that he was doing so with a generous discount.
"Doing 50 percent off features now," he captioned an Instagram Reel, adding that the offer was available to any independent artist, regardless of where they lived.
"I don’t care where you from, DM the GOAT, get you a muthafuckin' murdered-out verse… I’m not playing," he said in the video. "Fuck what all them muthafuckin' weird-ass blogs saying, all these hating n***as with my name in they mouth saying every day. If you pay for a verse, that bitch getting murdered. You gonna get it back ASAP."
The Game didn’t provide any more details about the offer or his standard feature fee. He encouraged all interested parties to send him a message before explaining the motivation behind his discounted rate.
"N***as don’t wanna see y’all independent artists. They don’t wanna see y’all come up," he continued. "That’s why n***as don’t never reach down and grab n***as, up-and-coming artists, and independent artists and do shit for them. N***as want y’all to stay in the mud."
The Game said he empathized with many under-the-radar artists, as he knew what it was like having to hustle and sacrifice just to get your foot in the door.
"I was there… I sold my muthafuckin' mixtape, I sold my demo, I slept in my car. I did everything I had to do to get one," he said. "So me? I’m looking out for independent artists, and I ain’t never gonna stop that shit. These other n***as don’t wanna reach down and pull y’all out the mud. They want y’all to stay down there… n***as selfish. But me? I got you. Hit me."
In 2022, Wack 100 revealed that NBA YoungBoy was removed from The Game’s Drillmatic: Heart vs. Mind album because his feature fee was simply too high, even with a 50 percent discount.
"The Game does all the rapping, I do all the business. … In YoungBoy’s defense, YoungBoy charge n***as $300,000 a verse," Wack said in a Clubhouse chat. "It’s what he charge. It’s what it is. I can’t front, he gave us a hell of a deal, but that situation would have cut into marketing overall. So, I had to make an executive decision whether I wanted to pay the tab he sent me, which was a respectable, great tab. It was love, I can’t front. But that tab would have cut into that, that, and that."
The Game responded to Wack’s comments by claiming he’s never had to cover the cost of a guest.
"I ain’t never paid for a verse in my life n***a,” he commented on an XXL post. "200k for a 16 never & a day blood!!!"