GAME FOR A FIGHT
THE truce is over between 50 Cent and the Game (above). At Sunday’s Hot 97 Summer Jam concert, the Game reignited the soap opera dramatics between the two – which escalated to gunplay earlier this year – during his set at Giants Stadium.
Game’s performance could only be described as tight and right on – it should have pleased any hip-hop fan. But Jerseyside revelers dissed him with the silent treatment at the end of each song.
Game had a tough act to follow, arriving onstage after 53,000 fans hailed Jay- Z’s surprise appearance with Kanye West by chanting “Hova, Hova, Hova.”
But Game’s dead-in-thewater reception clearly rattled the rapper.
To win over fans, Game used every move he knew. Finally, he implored, “Don’t hate me.” It didn’t work.
Hate filled air and the crowd breathed it in.
Then, he snapped. He had a lackey fetch his diamond-encrusted G-Unit chain, a relic from his time in 50 Cent’s posse. Then Game flinged it out to the 50 yard line, where it fell into the hands of a fan.
Game went on to trash Fiddy’s honor and manhood, referring to his bullet- riddled enemy by the “B” word. Then he sought to undermine his former mentor’s street cred: “He ain’t no real n- – – – -. He lives in Connecticut and he won’t even step out of his front door. I’m a real n- – – .”
Even without the Game’s Glock ‘n’ roll outburst, this four-hour hip-hop-fest was one of the most exciting concerts of the season.
The lineup of rap royalty included Ciara, Lil John, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Jadakiss and Cam’ron.
Deejays at Hot 97 have been predicting for weeks before this show that 2005 would have a long, hot summer. Who’d have guessed how right they were?

