The Game on Fitness, Family, & Being "All That"

The Game on Fitness, Family, & Being "All That"
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YH is on set with hip hop star The Game as he chills with us between takes of his music video for "All That"! He tells us what inspired him to get in shape and how he manages his rock-hard physique, and he reveals what famous family is following his lead! Plus, he offers some words of wisdom for up-and-coming artists and tells us what fellow rap star he wants to collaborate with! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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Nicky Novak here for Young Hollywood on the set of Game's new video.
All That.
Kind of like this car. It's called that.
I'll show you what all that You know I love you like cooked food. I'm a good dude. Let's hit the Roscoe's on Pico. I'm in a hood mood. I'm sitting here thinking 'bout all the things I could do. So what you should do is play your position. For Birkin bags, we popping tags. That's shoe game six. We drinking Ace out of red bottles.
The last time I interviewed you, it was for Pot of Gold. And this man is such a gentleman. He protected me. I was afraid to get out of my car. Yeah. Show your twenties. Oh if your deuces. Twenties. Twenties. Did I do that right? Now that could get you hurt if you didn't have your tour guide. But I got you here. You got a ghetto pass. But now you're even more fit than you've ever been. So it's perfect. You're perfect to be my bodyguard.
Yeah, you just got to work out and eat good, you know. I switched the diet around and um, I work out like five days a week now, so it's like It's really really changing.
What's the most intense thing you've done workout-wise?
Um, the most intense thing that I've done workout-wise is workout 'cause, you know, usually, you know when you're younger, you know what I'm saying, you just Your body is what it is and you know, you don't have to do anything and then, you know, once you cross 30, then you got to start maintaining it, so.
And what about you're also tweeting a lot of food pictures. I never knew you were such a foodie. A lot of sushi, a lot of really healthy stuff.
Yeah, well I got my chef Kane Lou. Um if you got Instagram, you can follow him at Kane Lou. He got all of dope diets. He even bought this new little camera setup where he making the food look like the uh you know, Food Network. So um, yeah man, follow Kane Lou and that's you know, where I get my diet from.
You've inspired the Kardashians to lean out as well. What is this about? You're giving like Rob Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian like food and fitness advice?
Yeah, I had Rob and uh Khloe and um, you know, I even had um Kylie, you know, Jenner out there, the little sisters out there. We had the whole family, man. You know what I'm saying? Even when, you know, when Kim's ready, we'll get her out there.
And are you on board with the new name? Northwest?
Yeah. That's dope.
You like it. You approve.
My daughter's name is California Dream. So it's like, you know all those crazy names, man. They dope.
I want to talk about the evolution of your career. We've been following you from the beginning. We've interviewed you so many times. How have you changed as an artist sort of since like 2005, your first album to now?
Um, as an artist, uh I think the only thing that's changed about me is just uh, you know, sort of the elevation of who I am. Uh you know, who I was from then to who I am now, which is just uh, you know, I'm older. You know, you get older, you get a little, you know, more uh wise. Wisdom is always key. Um my kids are older, so of course I got to watch the things that I'm saying and I'm doing. You know, at the end of the day, I'm me. Um positivity surrounds being in my life these days and, you know, of course negativity is there, but um, it is what it is. I'm just a better person overall.
And what about advice to people who are who are starting out? 'Cause it's so tough, I think to get a start in this business right now. How would you what advice would you give?
Good luck.
Really?
Yeah, that's what you need. There's so many artists, so many producers, so many singers, so many rappers, so many musicians that uh, you know, you just I don't know what you got to do to stand out. I don't know. Maybe light a flare, throw it up in throw it in the air or something.
Did you did you foresee it all or do you still have those pinch me moments?
You know what it is? Uh I still haven't slowed down to really grasp everything that's going on like my life uh sort of went from uh the bottom to the top sort of fast. And the kids, they just are born and they get older. And you know uh my my oldest son who was six months on the cover of The Documentary is now at gonna be 10 tomorrow.
And he looks exactly like you, by the way.
He does, man. Uh him, you know, my younger son King and uh my daughter Callie, they all they all look like me. Um, but uh, yeah. Just everything is sort of just been a rollercoaster and I'm just, you know, I love it.
You know you just tweeted and I'm gonna quote you. You tweeted on June 20th. Today I realized the true importance of life. What did that mean?
My kids. I spent the day with all three of my kids, not like I never do, but we we just did a bunch of cool things, man. Stuff that they wanted to do. We went to Build-a-Bear and we bought coloring books and we just did a bunch of like crazy kooky stuff and um it was just I just felt loved, you know, by three people that I'm sort of in charge of. You know, it's like these three little lives and I have to maintain them and make sure that they're nurtured and they're fed and they're clothed and they have all the right tools to survive in this sometimes cruel world, but on that specific day, I was just having a blast. Me and my kids, we we got we we in love with each other. And we that's how we operate as a family.
Okay, now you're shooting Marrying the Game. You're shooting season two now, I've heard.
Yeah, we just started working on that. We got like um two episodes down and you know, we got to finish the rest.
Do you watch? Do you watch it?
No, I don't like to see myself.
Really?
No, I don't watch my videos. I don't listen to my music. Nah.
Do you look at pictures of yourself all day?
All the time.
Oh, well, you're different. Rare breed. I'm a girl. This is what girls do. We we Google. We do these things. We Instagram. We see what filter looks best. You take selfies. Do you? I'll admit it if you admit it.
You know what I don't I don't like duck lips. You do duck lips. I know exactly what you're talking about.
Show me what you're talking about.
No, you show me.
No, she let's She's allowed to do duck lips. And that's because she started off doing it and she invented it. It's Paris Hilton.
True, she is the inventor. She is the original.
Paris Hilton, you heard it here first, Young Hollywood like Paris Hilton invented duck lips. Well, let's talk about the meaning of All That. What is All That for you right now?
All That is a woman who's in total control of her life, doesn't need a man for anything except just to be there and make her feel, you know, like a woman. So uh, I mean, you know, college degree, you know, just independent, great fashion sense, you know, doesn't spray too much of that stuff that you guys spray on in the bathroom where you turn around and spin and And um, you know, just light makeup, natural beauty, you know, in whatever essence. You know, you don't have to have the longest hair, just as long as it's natural. Keep it natural and then, you know, you all that.
All right. Well, I'm gonna play a game with The Game. I'm gonna ask you about some other things that are All That in your opinion. I'm gonna give you different topics and you tell me what's All That for you right now. Restaurant or food, what's All That?
Roscoe's is All That. They got spinach dip. All That. You know what I just came to find out? That couscous is kind of all that. On this new funky diet, you couscous, man. It's All That. Yeah, Roscoe's is definitely All That, but it's not really in my diet plan, so I got to chill off that until like Thanksgiving.
That's not part of the 60-day fitness plan.
No, the 60 days of fatness.
What's All That in shoes? I know you have a massive shoes collection. Is it the Air Force is it the Air Force Ones or what is it?
Um, these These grape Jordans that I got on, these grape fives, they're All That. People standing in line for days and days to get them. Um, of course, Louboutin world is All That. You gotta have a red bottom, at least one pair.
Video games?
I'm an Xbox Microsoft guy myself and uh, you know, Xbox is All That.
What about an app or a gadget?
My 60 Days of Fitness app is coming out in a month, 30 days. And it will be All That. Far as my phone, uh Samsung Galaxy, it's All That. But I'm an iPhone guy. All That too.
What about an athlete or a team?
Uh, MJ, Kobe, All That. Uh recently, you know, LeBron, D Wade, they all All That. You know, the Heat, the whole team, man. Uh congratulations to them. Lakers fan 'til I die. Clippers fan on the weekends, you know what I'm saying? You know how it go.
An artist, a music artist other than yourself?
Lana Del Rey is All That.
I know you also tweeted, you said you're really happy at this stage in your life. What has been sort of What's brought you to that point?
Good friends, good family. Just good just I'm healthy, you know, recently just had a physical for every single thing possible.
You're one of those people that has a doctor for every body part.
Yo, I got a I got uh I got a doctor and he's a dope doctor. And he but I'm not shouting him out 'cause he's my doctor and I need him available. But yeah, man, I I I'm in good spirits and in good health and I'm just having a great time in my life.
And is there anybody either an actor you haven't worked with, a musician you haven't worked with, somebody who you still admire and would love to sort of collaborate with?
Um, yeah. I had like uh since the beginning of my career, I had like this um this love-hate relationship with Jay-Z. With age comes wisdom. So uh hopefully one day, you know, you get a Game and Hova track, you know? Hopefully he's still ain't mad at me. He forgave Nas. Nas forgave him. You know what I'm saying?
So have you talked to him about this? I you gotta facilitate that. Why do I have Young Hollywood has to facilitate?
Young Hollywood.
Young Ho. Do I get a cut? Of what? If you guys collaborate, let's say you do a song together or something, do I get a cut if I get the deal together?
Maybe we get you like uh free year supply of Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. But you're only gonna get one breast and one thigh.
I'll take it. I'll take whatever I can get.
There you go.
Appreciate you. Great chatting with you. Great to see you again.
Okay, as always, it was great to chat with Game. I really appreciated the deal, the Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, but I decided to up the ante a little. I'm taking this sucker home. I got a lot of bad bitches.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- The Game
Main subject of the interview
- Nikki Novak
Interviewer/host
- Kane Lou
The Game's chef and diet inspiration
- Rob Kardashian
Inspired by The Game's fitness advice
- Khloe Kardashian
Inspired by The Game's fitness advice
- Kylie Jenner
Received fitness advice from The Game
- Kim Kardashian
Mentioned as potentially joining The Game's fitness regimen
- Northwest
Kim Kardashian's daughter, whose name The Game approves
- Paris Hilton
Credited by Nikki Novak for inventing 'duck lips'
- Lana Del Rey
Named by The Game as an 'All That' music artist
- MJ
Michael Jordan, named as an 'All That' athlete
- Kobe
Kobe Bryant, named as an 'All That' athlete
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