10 Hip-Hop Songs That Reference Popular Video Games

2. The Game - Start From Scratch (2005)

Straight from the streets of the CPT, The Game absolutely dominated the charts and hip-hop fans' playlists from 2005 through to 2008. His debut, the million-selling The Documentary was full of cultural references that resonated with rap fans. The debut track Westside Story mentions playing John Madden but Start From Scratch goes further into the story of the night The Game was shot.

"Homie if I could rewind the hands of time,

I would've cut off the PS2 at 12:49...

N**** I'm a gangster, I stay on my grind,

Who knew 11 minutes later I'd get shot with my own nine?"

The fateful shooting took place as customers of his robbed him, smashed up his apartment and took off with cash. Just finishing that one game sooner and the whole story would've been completely different.

Contributor

Bryan Langley’s first console was the Super Nintendo and he hasn’t stopped using his opposable thumbs since. He is based in Bristol, UK and is still searchin' for them glory days he never had.