Wait, there's some guy out there that goes by "The Game" in real life?

That's pretty stupid.

Which is nothing to say of "Bow Wow". Can't they simply be known by their names?

Atheist Jew

@Tietsu: hey! way to discount an entire genre of music for whatever your ignorant ass was actually exposed to. well done!

TheIrishNinja

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KenB525

The Game? This is how I know him.

KenB525

i'm quite interested to watch the match. though i seriously have no idea who the two of them are.

never even heard of em.
but at least that would be something interesting to watch nowadays. i'm bored to death over here

Mr.Sad

The video of Game playing madden on youtube and on konsolekingz is disgusting. He played a guy that sucks, single covered randy moss, didnt know how to pass, and most certainly didn't know hot to defend the pass. You can't argue with his record, if that's his real PSN.

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pinoyunggoy

@dmcshinobi: What's your definition of good music, Panic at the Disco? At least they're doing something constructive with their talent.

@Tietsu: Yea, you're a great human being trying to promote the killing of others. Asshole.

Silenthillnight

Thug Life son, word.......

Deltakiral

Woot! Win win situation!! =D

Katorok

As lame as Soulja Boy is, he plays a lot of GTA IV and Halo 3.

Necrid

@Chef: I'll take you up on that- especially for this year. :)

@NiteIce: lol thanks for your input. It is indeed Madden.

NeVeRMoRe666

Wow, male posturing without blood debts? What a novel concept!

Still it would be better if rappers shot each other then maybe we could get some ACTUAL music...

Tietsu

no one heard of what Bow Wow promised Ciara would do if he lost?

akilshohen

$5 on Madden '09 crashing or glitching during their game.

Chef

Imagine a bet like this on GTA IV...

NESTeen

@TheIrishNinja: well played

ikagah

These two people are still alive? Good for them!

Muisee

I've never played Madden..

cio

@dmcshinobi: Good point.

I wish the article was more specific. What quarter length? All-time teams acceptable? Shit, for a houndred thousand dollars they better be pretty damn accurate.

How crazy would it be when halfway through the game someone busts out the Madden cards? If that happens I can pretty much guarantee someone will get shot.

Cogito

lolmadden

NiteIce

@Cogito: I wouldn't wager 10 dollars on my Madden skills.

Anyways, it is nice that the money goes to some charity.

SolidEyeSystem

OH NO HE DI'NT!

VladMalice

ahhh... the life of celebrities. Look what I'm missing out on by not tuning into E! Thanks Kotaku, for pick up my slack.

everybest

I'm cool with Bow Wow. Never heard of The Game though.

Psudonym

Why don't they just BOTH give 100K to charity? Cheapskates. :)

henhowc

@jerkstor: it is, but that's on another level that neither of these 2 can hang on. We both know the Abbot would likely indulge them in checkers.

TheIrishNinja

@Cogito: who here has 100,000 dollars for anything?

dmcshinobi

@akashhhhh:

Only because of a feature on every track?

____

So who here would put 100,000 on his/her madden skills?

....I know I wouldn't. :P

Cogito

@TheIrishNinja I think it's called Chess Boxing.

jerkstor

L.A.X. is hawt.

akashhhhh

I wish the loser of the bet had to stop making bad music...

dmcshinobi

id love to see the winner play the RZA in a game of chess, double-or-nothing.

TheIrishNinja

How could he lose? His name is "The Game"!

Still though, interesting to see this money get thrown at charity instead of just being passed from one rich egotist to the other. Good on both of 'em for that.

PEWPEWGreenLaser

@Tietsu: I'm not going to defend the musical stylings of The Game and Bow Wow, both of whom's music I don't really care for. But there are several good rappers out there, some even great, creating some of the best music of today, regardless of genre. Just because its not something you personally care for doesn't make it bad or substandard.

Also, as much as I'd love to make some crack about the two in the article, they're doing something good for charity, even if it gives them a bit of publicity in the process. So good for them.

BryanH

Amazing. Rap music's growing up, and that's always nice.

Side note: who else remembers Lil Bow Wow?

Gunhaver

@henhowc: A very optimistic one.

liqideos

Bow Wow vs. the game
*Bow Wow chucks a ps3 out the second story window

NESTeen

@Atheist Jew: dont...dont musicians take stage names all the time?

TheIrishNinja

What rock have you guys been living under?

henhowc

@cio: Way to contribute.

Anyway, I think this is a pretty positive thing all in all. Either way, a charitable organization is getting $100,000, and each artist is getting some pretty good face time.

And nobody is getting killed over words and ideas.

The world is getting better.

liqideos

@Atheist Jew: Aah heem...Atheist Jew is it?

:)

NeVeRMoRe666

His name is "The Game?" Really?

ArgentAngel

@Silenthillnight:

While the promotion of misogyny and intolerance on a massive scale is a-okay.

Did say it was okay, simply said it would be better than the current trend. Which is, in it's most basic form, an opinion and in no way condoning it.

Just saying I wouldn't cry a river...

Tietsu

@NeVeRMoRe666: Yeah but I don't go around my job or daily life introducing myself as Atheist Jew! I don't have street cred as An Atheist Jew, nor do I ever hope to have "Street cred" in general! There's a difference between the internet and reality. On the the internet, I'm Atheist Jew, professional asshole and sayer of various things. In reality I'm Josh, the extremely handsome and fashionably talented game journalist wannabe, and also the world's strongest middle-class white male. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!

@TheIrishNinja: What, you mean like Garth Brooks' alternate personality Chris Gaines or whatever the hell he called himself? Sure, musicians take stage names all the time! That doesn't mean they're any less stupid, though! Just...just call yourself by your name, you know? This is a problem much more prevalent in the rap and hiphop genres. Need I cite P.diddy Poo Poo Piddy or whatever the hell that idiot called himself?

At least Tupac used a variation of his real name before he decided to fake his death.

Atheist Jew

Yeah EA. Fix your game. fix the madden reciever glitch. the flying safety glitch.

Xtreme_Hindu_Cow

Both Madden and current Rap are Recycled and commercialized to hell. They go well together.

Rurik

@Gunhaver: I remember bounce with me. That song made me buy the album in store. Ah, the good ol' days of 7th grade.

pinoyunggoy

@akashhhhh: I actually didn't like L.A.X. all that much. It was decent though. Don't see why people saying its on the same level as The Documentary... smh

@Tietsu: Ignorance.
@Gunhaver: Mr. Epitome of Pop-Rap? Of Course. -_- Dropping the "Lil" just makes him look like he desperately needed to feel like he was one of the big boys. Puppy love. lol

When I saw that shit on BET I thought they were just kidding, now it's actually going to a charity? I'm more interested. =/ What if both have the same charity? -_- Wasting money to do this at Time Square on the screen... >_> Publicity.

I h8 ph15h with a passion

EA Sports, if it's in the game, it's in the game?

I hate Tom Hammond.

pinoyunggoy

It's in The Game.

HenryHSH

The game sucks as at Madden, he has no skill.
He plays as the Patriots and does PA passes to Randy Moss.

Ya real skill there.

Majpain007

@Atheist Jew: oh, wait. you're not surprised, just think its dumb. well, ok, that's a shame though. the wu has some of the best stage names out there. and honestly, Nicholas is a fine name, but if people wanted to refer to me as The Irish Ninja, who am i to bitch?

TheIrishNinja

@Atheist Jew: wait, Garth isnt the only one! Sting and like a dozen stage names come to mind.
some rappers do keep their names, but most go with stage ones that stand out more and possibly get noticed/sales. Considering the industry, im just surprised you find this...surprising, i guess. anyway, happens alla time.

@Tietsu: if you're gonna harp on that (intolerance & misogyny) at least put it onto radio/mainstream rap. there's a slew of quality underground, conscious & lesser known shit that sends the exact opposite message - Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, Tribe, Wu-Tang and so m many other greats.
what youre doing is the equivalent of me saying punk is a shit genre and pointing at Blink182 and No Doubt.

TheIrishNinja

since when was BOW-WOW ever considered a rapper? "The Game" is green brick retarted, so he cant lose. and BOW-WOW, what could i say, he is still lil bow wow to everyone. so no one cares in the end

SW33TLOU

I played Madden '09 for the first time today. lost 9-0, gave up 2 points via safety, and almost ended up throttling my best friend.

Redface

"Super Nintendo, Sega Gensesis,
When I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this,
50 inch screens, money green leather sofa,
Rappers playing Madden & putting the video on YouTube"

My man Biggie was a prophet yo

Herr Duckmouth Von Twirlenkiller

This seems like a pretty good deal to me. Madden probably doesn't mean a lot to a large part of the Kotaku clientele, but it should be pretty revealing that two fairly big names in rap are making it their weapon of choice in a $100,000 competition. Sure, it might be kind of a publicity stunt, but it takes a pretty bitter cynic to not recognize that so much money to charity is a good thing no matter what way you spin it.

DefenderShip

@TheIrishNinja: And sorry for double post, but I salute you Irish Ninja.

Lots of hip-hop hate on the series of tubes.

AsianAfro77

@Atheist Jew: YOU USED TUPAC'S NAME IN VAIN.

As a citizen of Southern California, I declare you a blasphemer.

AsianAfro77

Why is an article about giving $100K to charity generating this many hate comments?

Zadaz

@TheIrishNinja:

Touche Salesman. Yeah, it was wrong to generalize.

In an unrelated note:

My personal favorite rapper name is MC Homicidal Rapist.

His breakthrough album the Rapes of Wrath really spoke to me.

[bitches, hoes, and a colt 45]

Tietsu

Absolutely watching this.

MrMister

@dmcshinobi: friended.

ariete

Game's album is dropping soon, there is no bad press. Bow Wow is actually mean on the Madden.

People here dropping the name Tupac as if it comforts that their self-ego on Hip Hop 101. Big L?, MF Doom?, Camp Lo?

PsycheE

@TheIrishNinja:

Actually, chess boxing is something entirely different: [en.wikipedia.org]

phicaluk

@Herr Duckmouth Von Twirlenkiller: haha, i see what you did there.

@PsycheE: love for L & Doom, but damn man, even i dont know Camp Lo.

TheIrishNinja

@PsycheE: Excellent choice of reference on those three, especially Camp Lo (love their track, Coolie High)! I'd like to mention the stylings of Nujabes, Fat Jon (with the Five Deez), Force Of Nature, and Tsutchie...pretty much anyone that composed for the anime Samurai Champloo, giving it some of the most original hip-hop, or even just music, that I've heard in years...

As far as Game and Bow Wow are concerned...they should just do us a favor and do drive-bys on each other.

Thinker302

If I had 100 grand, like hell I'd come to Kotaku. I'd be too busy spending the money and worrying if my new friends liked me for who I am or for my money.... ahh... the worries of the rich and famous.

Nelo-Risi

Respect to both for that.

Br00klyn-Grenade

I'd pay money to watch both of these dudes get schooled by some little 11-yr-old Madden nerd. That would be kinda awesome.

Sandvich

Nicely! Not a fan of either but that looks like fun, with a good outcome

OpiZA

It dates the "bout" at the 25th Aug.. So who won?

Wha happend ya'll?

jabbathesmut

@AsianAfro77: yea, it's always like that and it's unfortunate.

Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!

Does this mean we are going to see a change in lyrics;

"I popped a cap in his ass." becomes "I popped a disc in the tray."

Toker-Tom

Unless their "charity of choice" means a brand new car for daddy! this is actually pretty cool.

nikolaj

This is one of the coolest things Iv'e ever heard. Good for them.

Werrick

This is cool. Always nice to see Hip-Hop artists doing something charitable, especially considering the negative image the genre as a whole is unfairly given.

I'm more into alternative and so-called "conscious" Hip-Hop, myself.

Do Kesubei

Yeah The Game will win.. he's no joke.. I've seen him play Madden a few times.. He's goign to win hands down.. But he can only play madden.. cant play anything else. He's ok in Fight Night too. But he'll get mopp if he try to play me. In anything else. That Change of Hearts vid was great.. I want that chick who came in on the end.

WISHVentiego

Didn't read any of the above comments, but I am stating right now that the loser will probably match the donation. There is nothing wrong with giving to charity and to lose is probably an better "win" then beating someone at a video game. The winner won't want to be outdone so he too will donate to whatever charity. I would just think he was a douche if he didn't.

WarBUCKs

if only you guys saw the video where The Game actually states that if he wins, Ciara (Bow-Wow's ex girlfriend and R&B superstar) has to give everyone on his bus head...

offsafety

@Silenthillnight: If you feel Lil' Bow Wow is good music than I feel for you, I really REALLY do....and who the hell is Panic at the Disco? Give me classic rock/metal or some death metal - Arch Enemy FTW.

dmcshinobi

Glad i don´t care about anyone of them, so where are the good rappers? Matchmaking in Halo?...

Daisuash

@akashhhhh:

er, straight crack.

akashhhhh

@____:

Please see "LAX Files," "Never Can Say Goodbye" and Cali Sunshine." Most of the features are just hooks...which is fine by me...I don't want to hear Game singing. Bars are a straight crack. Took me a couple days to warm to it, though.

akashhhhh

I'll play with the 9ers and smash on them both. They should join the KFC League.

Kiros

@dmcshinobi: I know it's difficult to understand but some people actually like different types of music than you do. It's crazy, huh?! I don't like Lil Bow Wow, Panic at the Disco, OR Arch Enemy...but I won't act like I'm better than you for it.

I can never understand why people give a flying shit about what music other people enjoy. I'm really not trying to single you out and bust your balls over it. It's just that this kind of thing always rubs me the wrong way. I bet we actually like some of the same stuff.

One love.

Sandvich

@henhowc: Because if they both give a 100,000 dollars to charity, the strippers will go hungry for one night.

FrigidAir44

@PsycheE: camp lo? awesome.. unfortunately their last discs were pretty bland, but 1995s Uptown Saturday Night is a seminal piece of hip hops history. For those who dont know, the album is all entirely based on the marriage of 70s blaxploitation and 20s harlem, taken from a dadaist approach. theyre using oddball artistic slang to paint a portrait of a world where the overexaggerated gangsters and pimps of the 1970s films are coexisting in the sophisticated jazzy setting of the 1920s harlem. its pretty neat.

im glad bow wow and game are doing this, i love how people that know nothing about them or their music come in here and talk trash because theyre so closed minded. i hate fall out boy and nickelback, but if the front men from those 2 bands were doing something like this.. i wouldnt be commenting on this post just to hate, its childish. in fact, the game wanted to write a song with other rappers speaking out against the violence of some police that killed a young black man for no reason some years back. he actually was in tears because he was angry that nobody he reached out to was touched enough to want to get on the track with him. oh but all anyone has to say is "yeah pop caps and drive bys" grow up.

oh and for the nickname thing?

sting
"geddy" lee
ozzy
the edge
bono
fieldy
head
monkey
dirk lance
glenn "danzig"
davey "havok"

man dont get me started, its a common trend for metal and punk band members to have stage names. by the way, hip hop believe it or not is a spoken version of r and b. so its a sub genre, just like punk is of rock. punk and hip hop have so many similarities, that although im not a big fan of punk, i can definitely see where mainstream exposure has really ruined the genre.

shouryuuken

@Daisuash: Yea, last I heard- Rakim, Nas, Jedi Mind Tricks, Biggie Smalls, and KRS One were all having a free for all in COD4

dmcshinobi

They should have at least sold the TV rights to G4 for like $50 bucks or something.

Williestyle

@Sandvich: 1 <3

dmcshinobi

I'd smash both of these fools in madden. My freinds some of the best in the world, we true madden ballers.

ps3Dominance

I would love to see this trend continue, with other celebs having bets to the death, with the losers body going to science for cancer or aids research. Winner gets to pee on R. Kelly.

zenpoet

Ridiculous rap feuds aside, I'm glad these two are actually putting that stuff to good use by donating charity money. :)

Dave Silva

tupac that is....

ImSoFresh

i love how kotaku uses all the rap stereotypes in one paragraph. and this isnt a feud, they are good friends. Just because they are rappers dont mean that bullets will come flying for everything under the sun.... Please understand hip hop before you post hip hop blog site info, and totally twist it into "beef" just because you know biggie and tupace where shot.

ImSoFresh

blah blah list off some rappers I just googled blah blah.

andrethejesus

that's actually pretty honorable. Good show.

GiantEnemyCrab

Charity! That's awesome.

@ImSoFresh:
I think it was some heavy tongue in cheek, but I could be wrong.

Channing

The real twist is that they will be playing Madden 09 for Wii...

BlizzardCyclone

Ok...look.

Tupac is not dead.

The guy has released more new music posthumously than he did when he was "alive!"

And, so, what, they just keep discovering this stuff under the floorboards of his childhood home, or something? Come on.

Tupac is now Mr. Walter F. Steinbaum, a balding Jewish accountant on permanent vacation in Fiji. He's got his own little island there, which has a recording studio on it.

Atheist Jew

For shame Kotaku. For shame.

Onegai

Rap "music" is terrible. That is all.

adocious

@shouryuuken:

Ahem, "word."

akashhhhh

@adocious:

Oh yeah? Care to elaborate a little? You can't? Thank you. Now sit down and shut the fuck up.

akashhhhh

To quote Mos Def and Talib Kweli, "It's kinda dangerous to be an emcee."

mattigus

@Atheist Jew:

Actually, in reality, you're random white dude #322311225443...

And one of these guys is "OH MY GOD! IT'S BOW WOW!".
That's the difference.

That's the point of the names. To distinguish themselves from the common person.

If you were ever to become obscenely famous, "Josh" wouldn't cut it. You'd either need an alias or have the luck of being born with a kick ass last name. Fortunately, I have the latter so I'm set.

Mact

You know, I was about to light these dudes up. But if the money is going to CHARITY, I'm down. May the best man win.

EA still sucks though. :)

Boilerbuzz

@Tietsu:

I see what you mean.

Rap is totally the only genre with artists who promote such things...

Mact

@Atheist Jew:

You seem deeply ignorant of how many artists, actors, and writers change their names.

Mact

Oh golly, $100,000!? That's like, 5% of the total amount of money they spend on all of their clothes and jewelry.

I know, any money to charity is generous and good, so I'm not saying them giving this money to charity is a bad thing. But really, rappers are some of the most selfish wealthy people around. I'm not saying they shouldn't live in luxury, because if I was insanely rich I'd probably over indulge too, but I wouldn't throw down millions on the most useless shit ever just to flaunt what you have. I'd do the right thing and give it to others who need it.

I'd probably have some nice expensive clothes too, but do you really need 100 pairs of shoes, do you REALLY need 50 different gucci outfits? Do you really think it's necessary to spend over $10,000 on an outfit you'll only wear once? Do you really need your teeth to be worth more money than the average person makes in a year? Come the fuck on...

DirtySyko

Guess what you just lost

Pablos102030

@TheIrishNinja:

come on! Camp lo had one of the hottest songs of the 90s "Lucini"

I listen to all kinds of music, From Beatles to MF DOOM, but hip hop doesn't catch my eye like it used to.

hectorinho

@Mact: It's ignorant to think that people coming up with stupid names like Bow Wow and The Game is ridiculous??

@Mact: Unfortunately I've got a name that's easily memorable and relatives in the movie and television industries...*sigh*

Atheist Jew

@Thinker302: Of course, SC did introduce me to those two DJ's, I do favor Nujabe. Its a contemporary take on easy listening which I highly recommend.

PsycheE