The Game is mourning the loss of his foster brother, “Calvin“ who was killed on Father’s Day, the rapper revealed on Instagram Saturday (June 25).
“Everybody has a story: mines [sic] is one of a boy from a broken household that ended up in a group home due to decisions not forthcoming of my father which ended up crippling my childhood, “ he wrote. “But in that childhood… bonds were made like the one with my foster brother ‘Calvin’ who for 10 years fought side by side with me every time kids at school joked about me having a Mexican brother or him a black brother…. going back & forth to Children’s court every other month in hopes judges would send us back to our mothers only to both come home disappointed every time gave us more of a sibling bond than the average.”
Later in the post the 36-year-old father of four describes how the brothers escaped the street life. “Both turning our lives around the best way we knew how & having children & starting families,” he continued. “ Only for one of us to still end up DEAD way before our time. The system failed my friend in the end & he was killed on Father’s Day leaving behind a wife & a baby girl. Took me days to think of how to say the things I’m saying because all I could do is replay childhood memories over & over again. The system failed you Calvin & for that I’m sorry friend. I love you & I send my deepest condolences to your wife & baby girl as well as your brother & your immediate family.”
Game and his siblings were placed in foster care after his father raped his 11-year-old sister. The story is featured in A&E’s Streets of Compton documentary, in which Game’s dad, George Taylor, asserts that he was high on PCP and didn’t knowingly assault the child.
It would take years for the Game’s mother, Lynette, to get her children back. He was returned to her custody as a teenager.
Read Game’s full post below.