Jim Jones and The Game, over the early years of his music career, have had a great working relationship and friendship that goes beyond music, they both equally had ties with the Bl**d g**g.
The two, who have, however, had a minor fallout in the past over The Game’s issues with Dipset, resolved their differences and maintained a great relationship since then. The Game has praised Jim Jones several times expressing gratitude and the big inspiration he was to him and going as far as naming his first son after him
The Compton rapper gained strong ground in the music industry in 2004 with his song “Certified Gangstas.”
Speaking on Drink Champs with N.O.R.E, Jim Jones said he solidified The Game’s career in the music scene. His first-ever trip to New York City with his friend was sponsored by him[Jim Jones] but before then, they had not done the record yet, as N.O.R.E inquired, knowing the video wasn’t shot in NYC but LA.
Jim Jones then cleared the air, stating he was still building a mutual relationship with The Game, and that was when they did the song “Certified Gangstas,” which was a great success, marking the beginning of The Game’s career and a song people still enjoy to this day.
However, N.O.R.E recalled there had been some misunderstanding over the song “Certified Gangstas” with Dr. Dre.
“But I heard Aftermath was heated,”
N.O.R.E asked.
Jim Jones firmly said the song didn’t cause him any trouble, but Dr. Dre reached out to Koch Records demanding that the team take down the song before he took some harsh actions aggressively, but he [Jim Jones] snubbed him and kept the song up still, which was a great success and gained love and wide acceptance from fans to this day, officially marking a whole new level in The Game’s music career.
“I actually had Game and his best friend for a bit. I flew them from LA to New York, their first trip to New York.”
N.O.R.E interrupted, asking him,
“But your song they did together was shot in LA, isn’t it?”
And Jim Jones continued,
“It was after we started having a relationship and brotherhood and things like that. Then I went to Bompton to shoot the ‘Certified Gangstas’ video, which was the video that people got a glimpse of Game. But I didn’t get in any trouble. And then I heard Dr. Dre was heated. He called in the office and said, ‘Tell Koch Records to have them take that video down, or…’ He said something to that effect that he didn’t want the video up. I guess very aggressively, and my response was very aggressive, and the video stayed up, and that’s how people got to enjoy ‘Certified Gangstas’ up till this day.”
This disagreement between Jim Jones and Dr. Dre came about because when Jim Jones and The Game did “Certified Gangstas” in 2004, he was an independent artist on his label Black Wall Street Records, but was still an underground artist struggling to gain ground till his affiliation with Jim Jones and Dipset.
Shortly after that, The Game officially joined Aftermath/G-Unit under Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.
During the time he did that record, “Certified Gangstas,” with Jim Jones, Dr. Dre and his team were crafting his image and branding since he was about to be introduced to the world again as G-Unit, the Dipset-affiliated artist.
So, his record with Jim Jones conflicted with the plans Dr. Dre and 50 Cent had for The Game, the image, and the branding style they planned on selling to the world. Since he did the record when he had not been officially signed to Aftermath yet, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent wanted to have control over his branding and everything concerning him.
But Jim Jones vehemently refused to take down the video despite the many threats from Dr. Dre.
The Game’s success under G-Unit/Aftermath was very significant with debut Album ‘The Documentary. Receiving a double platinum certification by RIAA and peaking at hot 200 on the billboard
But his stay at G-Unit was very short-lived, he left the aftermath of disputes with 50 Cent which even led to The Game launching an anti-campaign to sabotage 50 Cent’s G-Unit- brand and some of his other business ventures.
He was later signed to Geffen Records in 2006.
