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Rapper "The Game" turns self in over fight with off-duty officer

Rapper "The Game" turns self in over fight with off-duty officer

By REUTERS

The rapper known as The Game arrives at the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York City June 3, 2010. Photo: Reuters/File

US rapper 'The Game' turned himself in to Los Angeles police on Monday after hitting an off-duty officer during a pickup basketball game earlier this year, a police official said. Jayceon Terrell Taylor, a native of Compton, California, surrendered around noon over the March 29 incident where he punched the officer during a scrimmage at Hollywood High School, said Los Angeles police spokesman Mike Lopez. He was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, a felony, and released about an hour later after posting $50,000 bail, Lopez said. Lopez said a video purporting to show the incident had been uploaded to the Internet but he did not verify its authenticity. On Monday, Taylor posted a photo to Instagram showing him squatting in front of the Hollywood station of the Los Angeles Police Department with the caption 'Waiting on my uber lol'.