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The Game is facing legal action from his cousin who alleges the rapper assaulted him at his sister's funeral last year.

The Game is challenging rap rivals Common and Ice Cube for the role of B.A. Baracus in the upcoming big screen adaptation of The A-Team.

50 Cent has blasted reports he has offered his rap rival Rick Ross $500,000 to end their war of words, insisting the Hustlin' star has fabricated the allegations.

Rapper The Game is taking his Black Wall Street clothing line across the Atlantic and officially launching it in Europe.

Hip-hop star The Game has put off his plans to retire from the rap game - he's working on his fourth studio album.

50 Cent is set to follow rap rival The Game into retirement, insisting his next studio album could be his last. The "In Da Club" hitmaker has a fourth album and a hits compilation left on his label contract

Rapper The Game will avoid a jail sentence for attacking his cousin at a family funeral if he attends 36 anger management meetings in the next five months. The star fought his relative over funeral costs at the service in July.