The Game is mourning the death of his grandmother and revealed that's the reason for his social media hiatus.

Everyone deals with difficult seasons in their life, and with everything going on in the world right at present, it can be especially challenging to maintain a positive outlook. This is even true for celebrities like The Game, who has been noticeably absent from social media over the last couple weeks. The Compton rapper took to Instagram on Thursday to address his momentary withdrawal with a selfie and the caption, "I know I haven't been posting equally I usually do…. But here's a after workout selfie… Myself & my family have had a rough past few days but I'grand living proof that you can survive almost annihilation if you keep the faith. Wishing all who read this post dear & light."

The Game subsequently elaborated on what specific challenges he and his family have been dealing with, when he revealed his grandmother's passing. The rapper has had his off-white share of difficulties over the last year, including being ordered to pay $7.ane million in amercement to a reality show contestant after she defendant him of sexual assault.

"Took me a total mean solar day for the tears to stop," The Game wrote. "And it's not that I'm not emotionally devastated, but simply that I am in and then much hurting that my heart tin can't fifty-fifty gather the strength to produce some other drop. My queen, my angel… the very reason from which my name was created. It was ever you. The strength, the glue that held the family together for as long as I can remember."

"A piece of me is forever gone & I can really feel that emptiness," the West Coast rhymer continues. "Why does God permit you to love a person so passionately & and so remove them from your life in a manor it seems like you'll never recover from? I honey y'all Grandma.. & the unabridged family unit is in mourning. I miss you beautiful.. you will e'er be my heart."

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Took me a full day for the tears to end…. And it'south not that I'm not emotionally devastated, but simply that I am in and then much hurting that my center can't even assemble the strength to produce another drop. My queen, my affections… the very reason from which my name was created. Information technology was always you. The strength, the gum that held the family together for as long every bit I can recollect. From you lot chasing me around the dining room tabular array with the belt to you coming out on stage for my 1st show in Los Angeles, I've always known how much you loved me. I started writing this last nighttime & stopped because every time I got close to this role, I'd burst into tears all once again. This morning I heard your voice telling me to exist Strong but I can't. I'm weakened by the uncomplicated fact that I will never see you again in the physical form & that hurts me to the depths of my soul Grandma. I miss you and so much & if I had just one wish it would exist to see you smile at me the manner you do one more fourth dimension. That ane/2 smiling, with those cute green eyes you passed on to me & Cali… I miss it !!! I'chiliad hurt, I'm suffering, I'm wounded, in traumatic discomfort with what I at present have to accept…. You not being hither is probably the worst pain I've experienced to date. Going back in my heed & replaying all of the memories nosotros created throughout my childhood has been all I tin can get myself to do today. After I got shot, you nursed me back to health. 2 months in the house everyday feeding me soup & helping me walk til I was whole again. A piece of me is forever gone & I can really experience that emptiness. Why does God let you to dearest a person so passionately & then remove them from your life in a estate information technology seems like you'll never recover from ? I love you Grandma.. & the entire family is in mourning. I miss you cute.. you lot will ever be my middle. Descansa en paz abuela ?

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The Game maintains his innocence in the example and has since accused VH1 of not properly vetting their contestants. Priscilla Rainey, the contestant who filed the lawsuit, has continued to pursue the rapper for payment, claiming that he and his business partners are avoiding handing over the greenbacks.

Over the last calendar month, posts on The Game'due south Instagram account have been overwhelmingly positive and in support of the Black Lives Thing motility. On June fifth, Game posted a moving picture of himself alongside Breonna Taylor, a woman who was killed by the Louisville Metro Police Department subsequently they broke into her home in the middle of the nighttime due to a instance of mistaken identity. He recalled the nighttime he met Breonna, a fan of his, proverb, "Your life was taken but your proper name will never be forgotten…."