Rapper Jayceon Taylor, better known as The Game, lost his father on January 17th. In the weeks since, he’s shared open letters and turned his Instagram feed into a memorial to his late dad. The Game had a strained relationship with his dad throughout his life, but his posts serve as a reminder of the importance of fathers, and how much we miss them when they’re gone.
The Game’s first post was a grainy photograph in which his father George is kissing him on the cheek. Despite Taylor describing himself as “The strongest person I know” in the caption below, he couldn’t help telling fans how much his father’s death had really broken him down.
In the days leading up to George’s funeral, The Game shared more old photos of the two along with pictures of his mother and siblings on various occasions with their dad. The Game continued to express his grief about his dad’s passing, including one where he described the sadness of not being able to see his father again. “The fact that there is nowhere on earth I can go to find you ever again is ripping me apart…”, he wrote in one.
On the day of the funeral, the Game made his longest post about his father, in which he reiterated the pain of his sudden loss. “The fact that there is nowhere on earth I can go to find you ever again is ripping me to pieces on the inside,” he wrote. “I love you & did not want to say goodbye this soon.”
The rapper’s emotional tribute is below.
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