The Game was charged Monday with making a criminal threat and possessing a firearm in a school zone, authorities said. If convicted, he faces more than five years in state prison.
The felony charges against the 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, stemmed from a fight during a Feb. 24 pickup basketball game in South Los Angeles, the district attorney’s office said.
Taylor pulled a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade after punching a player on the opposing team and threatened to shoot him, police said.
The hip-hop star was arrested May 11 at his Glendale home by police executing a search warrant and was released on $50,000 bail. He also is charged with exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer.
Taylor was scheduled to be arraigned today (Tuesday) in Los Angeles.
