Rap star The Game is facing charges of impersonating a police officer, after being arrested this week for telling a cab driver he was an undercover cop
The rapper persuaded the taxi driver to run a series of red lights, police revealed today. The driver was pulled over after driving about 13 blocks.
The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, picked up the driver on Thursday night after an appearance on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’.
The 26-year-old hip hop star’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, has denied the accusations, saying police had been tailing his client throughout his stay in New York and that the cabbie was a terrible driver.
"This is really a new low even for the NYPD," Lichtman said. "It's a big joke to harass him and other members of the hip-hop community, and ultimately arresting him. Let's see how funny they think it is during the cross-examinations of this trial."
The Game will appear in court on December 12.
