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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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Young Hollywood

Nicky Novak here for Young Hollywood on the set of Game's new video.

The Game

All That.

Young Hollywood

Kind of like this car. It's called that.

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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.

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

What's the most intense thing you've done workout-wise?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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.

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

And are you on board with the new name? Northwest?

The Game

Yeah. That's dope.

Young Hollywood

You like it. You approve.

The Game

My daughter's name is California Dream. So it's like, you know all those crazy names, man. They dope.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

Good luck.

Young Hollywood

Really?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

Did you did you foresee it all or do you still have those pinch me moments?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

And he looks exactly like you, by the way.

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

Okay, now you're shooting Marrying the Game. You're shooting season two now, I've heard.

The Game

Yeah, we just started working on that. We got like um two episodes down and you know, we got to finish the rest.

Young Hollywood

Do you watch? Do you watch it?

The Game

No, I don't like to see myself.

Young Hollywood

Really?

The Game

No, I don't watch my videos. I don't listen to my music. Nah.

Young Hollywood

Do you look at pictures of yourself all day?

The Game

All the time.

Young Hollywood

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.

The Game

You know what I don't I don't like duck lips. You do duck lips. I know exactly what you're talking about.

Young Hollywood

Show me what you're talking about.

The Game

No, you show me.

Young Hollywood

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.

The Game

True, she is the inventor. She is the original.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

That's not part of the 60-day fitness plan.

The Game

No, the 60 days of fatness.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

Video games?

The Game

I'm an Xbox Microsoft guy myself and uh, you know, Xbox is All That.

Young Hollywood

What about an app or a gadget?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

What about an athlete or a team?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

An artist, a music artist other than yourself?

The Game

Lana Del Rey is All That.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

Good friends, good family. Just good just I'm healthy, you know, recently just had a physical for every single thing possible.

Young Hollywood

You're one of those people that has a doctor for every body part.

Young Hollywood

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.

Young Hollywood

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?

The Game

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?

Young Hollywood

So have you talked to him about this? I you gotta facilitate that. Why do I have Young Hollywood has to facilitate?

The Game

Young Hollywood.

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?

The Game

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.

Young Hollywood

I'll take it. I'll take whatever I can get.

The Game

There you go.

Young Hollywood

Appreciate you. Great chatting with you. Great to see you again.

Young Hollywood

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

FAQ

What is the title of The Game's music video being filmed?+
The music video being filmed is for The Game's song "All That."
Who helped The Game with his diet plan?+
The Game gets his diet plan from his chef, Kane Lou.
Which members of the Kardashian family has The Game influenced with his fitness advice?+
The Game has influenced Rob Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner with his food and fitness advice.
What does "All That" mean to The Game?+
To The Game, "All That" describes a woman who is in total control of her life, independent, has a college degree, great fashion sense, and natural beauty.
Which fellow rap artist does The Game want to collaborate with?+
The Game expresses a desire to collaborate with Jay-Z on a track.

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