--- description: Incident happened while the two were playing a basketball game title: The Game Arrested for Assault, Allegedly on Police Officer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ece19d9ff328e58/6988539e55a8592c5da8c66a/rapper-the-game.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rapper 'The Game' Arrested for Allegedly Punching a Cop in the Face by [Tara Fowler / People.com](/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler / People.com Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 12:09 PM CUT  Rapper The Game attends the Equinox "Celebrity Basketball Spectacular" To Benefit Sports Spectacular on May 30, 2015 in West Los Angeles, Calif. Rapper The Game attends the Equinox "Celebrity Basketball Spectacular" To Benefit Sports Spectacular on May 30, 2015 in West Los Angeles, Calif.Mike Windle—Getty Images by [Tara Fowler / People.com](/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler / People.com Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 12:09 PM CUT Rapper The Game turned himself in to authorities on Monday for allegedly punching an off-duty police officer in the face. The incident took place on March 29 while the two were playing a game of basketball at the Hollywood High School gym, according to [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/09/us-usa-california-rapper-idUSKBN0OP0T420150609 "undefined"). The punch was allegedly recorded on video and posted online, the [Associated Press](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/06/08/the-game-rapper-surrenders-to-los-angeles-police/ "undefined") reports. The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats after surrendering to police at noon on Monday. He posted $50,000 bail within the hour and was released. Officials did not address why there was such a long delay between the incident and the arrest. But the rapper has kept a sense of humor throughout the entire ordeal. On Monday, The Game posted a shot of himself squatting outside the LAPD’s Hollywood station, captioning the pic, “Waiting on my uber.” This [article](http://www.people.com/article/rapper-the-game-arrested-punching-cop "undefined") was originally published at [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3913991/the-game-assault-police-officer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3913991/the-game-assault-police-officer/"},"headline":"Rapper 'The Game' Arrested for Allegedly Punching a Cop in the Face","datePublished":"2015-06-09T12:09:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:02:08.855Z","description":"Incident happened while the two were playing a basketball game","url":"https://time.com/3913991/the-game-assault-police-officer/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ece19d9ff328e58/6988539e55a8592c5da8c66a/rapper-the-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Fowler / People.com"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ece19d9ff328e58/6988539e55a8592c5da8c66a/rapper-the-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rapper the game","caption":"rapper the game","creditText":"Mike Windle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3913991/the-game-assault-police-officer/","name":"Rapper 'The Game' Arrested for Allegedly Punching a Cop in the Face"}}]}] ```