The Game is a proud father once again after welcoming a newborn baby boy just ahead of his 45th birthday.
Taking to Instagram to share adorable photos of the baby, the Los Angeles native revealed his name is Blaze Taylor.
“Beautiful baby boy overload. Blaze Taylor,” he wrote. “I love you son.”
In a second post, he added: “Suspect love his kids more than anything else.”
Blaze’s mother is Shaniece Hairston, who is the daughter of reality star Evelyn Lozada.
Lozada herself re-posted Game’s pictures of her grandson, and added: “This little blue-eyed angel made me a grandma, and I’m forever grateful! You’ve brought so much joy into my life that words can’t even explain. I love you more than anything, Blaze Taylor! #GrandmaLove #ForeverGrateful #BlazeTaylor”
After host Elle quizzed him about rumors that he is expecting twins, the Compton rapper clarified that he’s expecting just the one child.
“Twins is… yeah, you gotta stay off the internet,” he said. “I’m expecting one child.”
Game then spoke about being an older dad, naming fellow rapper JAY-Z — whose eldest child Blue Ivy was born when he was 42 and who welcomed twins Rumi and Sir five years later — as an inspiration.
“I’m 44, so when my new child is 21, I’ll be 65. And that seems kinda old until you start thinking about who’s 65 now,” he said. “I don’t know how old Mariah Carey is, but she has to be, like, 10 years older than me. Or JAY-Z or somebody like that.”
He added: “Their next big birthday is probably 60. They’re still out here looking young and looking cool, so it ain’t that bad. But at the end of the day, it’s new life.”
Age isn’t the only reason why this parenting experience will be different for The Game, though.
“When I was younger, I was still a hardhead in the streets. I don’t know how I even made it to this point in my life doing the things that I was doing,” he admitted. “But I made it, my kids are all fine, smart, straight A students, so it’ll just be interesting to parent at this age.”
The Game welcomed his eldest child Harlem Caron Taylor in 2003 — prior to the release of his debut album The Documentary — while his other son King Justice and daughter Cali Dream were born in 2007 and 2010, respectively.
