The Game Shares First Photo of New Baby Boy and Reveals His Name

Mar. 15, 2025

Shaniece Hairston, The Game and their son Blaze.Photo:Shaniece Hairston/Instagram;The game/Instagram

Shaniece Hairston/Instagram;The game/Instagram

The Game — whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor — also included a photo of himself at around the same age as his son is now.

Also on Friday, Shaniece Hairston, who is the daughter of reality starEvelyn Lozada, posted the same photo of Blaze on her Instagram Stories, seemingly confirming that she is Blaze’s mother.

“This little blue-eyed angel made me a grandma, and I’m forever grateful! 🥹❤️,”The Basketball Wivesstar wrote in the post’s caption, adding, “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.”

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“Another trip around the sun and in my purest birthday suit yet 🥹🤍,” she wrote at the time.

Blaze is the first child for Hairston andthe fourthfor The Game, who is also dad to Harlem, 21, King, 17, and California (“Cali”), 14.

“I think about it in terms of like … so when my new child is 21, I’ll be 65, right? That seems kinda old until you start thinking about who’s 65 now,” he said, citing stars includingMariah CareyandJay-Z. “They gotta be almost, like, their next big birthday is probably 60. They’re still out here looking young and cool, so it ain’t that bad.”

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The California native also shared that he believed parenting this time around would feel different from when he was younger and “hard-headed 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 explained, before adding, “But I made it. My kids are all fine, smart, straight-A students and good. So it’ll just be interesting to parent at this age.”

source: people.com