

Both YG and The Game are defining figures in Los Angeles street rap, having built their careers in different eras and with slightly different strengths. Their VERZUZ showdown was a celebration of two of the most prominent voices in Los Angeles street rap history. We know The Game for delivering hits in every decade he’s released music (three at the time of this VERZUZ). He first broke out as the G-Unit camp’s West Coast rep, delivering an indisputable classic of a debut album in 2005’s The Documentary and proving himself a veritable one-man army in the booth following his rift with former label boss 50 Cent. A bit younger, but no less ferocious an MC, YG emerged in the early 2010s as the voice of the DJ Mustard-orchestrated Young California sound, breaking through with street anthems like “Toot It and Boot It” and then going on to earn critical acclaim for albums like 2014’s My Krazy Life and 2016’s Still Brazy. Dig deep into the catalogues of two of the most revered MCs in Los Angeles rap history, YG and The Game, with this VERZUZ Cheat Sheet playlist, curated by Apple Music host Lowkey.