The Obiturary Of Mike Game (R.I.P.)

Hello, Im Cazmere Jones, the executor of Mike Game's estate.
The hip hop world has suffered a tremendous lost, in that of Wichita's own Mike Game. Mike Game was born as Michael Emmanuel Guesby on Oct 1st in New Jersey. After 2 years in New Jersey on the Fort Dix Army Base, his family packed up and moved to Wichita, KS as his father finished his time in the service. As a child, Mike was found of many things. Before hip hop took ahold of him, his life was centered around the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Once, in the summer of 1991, Mike Game actually got a chance to discuss pizza and ninja tactics with Rapheal. In the summer of 1996, Mike Game and family moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It was during this time Mike Game first began to rap, first just changing the lyrics to his favorite songs to suit his style, later evolving into whole songs written by the young lad. In his earlier years he was captivated by the raw ghetto imagery of No Limit and Cash Money. Though the Notorious B.I.G. and Nas had always been his favorites since being formerally introduced to hip hop in 1993, well decides the 2 years he loved MC Hammer, including every hammer cd, having both the purple and the gold Hammer dolls, and going to a concert in 1991. It was just something about the southern artists he loved. In 2001, on the bus ride from FL back to Kansas, Mike Game only had 2 cds, Jay-Z' s "Blueprint" and Diddy's "Saga Continues". For 4 days straight Mike Game listened and wrote rhymes, which lead to the more east coast style many have mistaken him to have.

In 2003, Mike Game had formed the greatest rap crew ever known to man, ILLPRINT. The name stemming from Mike's then belief that Blueprint was the greatest cd ever, founding member Crysist's belief that it was Illmatic, and K Sleep's belief that they were dope. Thus taking the Ill from Illmatic, and the Print from Blueprint, to form Illprint, which was only to make and put out quality hip hop music. Illprint had stayed the 3 core members until 2005 with the addition of Young Steph (aka the Bizniz Kid), his disloyality and overall inability to craft a dope song led to his departure. In 2006, Mike Game suffered what was a near fatal assualt by Royalty Records, but survived. Later that year, Mike Game put down the mic and picked up a rifle as he joined the Army Reserves. The night before he shipped off he dropped his first mixtape "P.L.O. Style: The Best Of The Worst", to little to no reception.

2007, brought him home to his rap roots. Forming the Gold Card Gang with long time friend Yolie. 2007 was also supposed to see the release of Mike Game's 2nd mixtape "Illprint Diaries Vol. 1: Mr 07 Til Infinity", but was scrapped do to the heavily aggressive material being made.

2008 was the worst year of Mike Game's life, 1 week before his birthday he broke up with his longtime girlfriend the Notorious K.A.I., and on his 21st birthday saw the death of his grandmother. 2008 was a bittersweet year in his career as well as he saw a rekindled beef with Royalty and beef with friend turned foe turned friend again Rookie. Also this year saw the release of the Gold Card Gang mixtape "Members Only" and the final Mike Game mixtape "Reckless Abandon"

Mike Game is survived by his parents: Solomon and Samantha Guesby, his sister: Latasha Guesby, his Illprint brothers: K Sleep, Crysist, and Chaos, and his children: Lil Ace, Lyl Wan, Young Smooth, and the Bizniz Kid.

Mike, you will be missed.

Thanksgiving the Illprint family will be releasing a compilation of unreleased Mike Game material titled "Mike's Music Shop"