The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, is in celebration mode. The rapper’s oldest son, Harlem, rang in his eighteenth birthday earlier this week.

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“Look man, it took me hours to check my emotions and finally start writing this,” The Game wrote in a beautiful birthday message to his son. “Yes, tears are rolling down my face and yes, my mind is trying to grasp just how crazy it is to watch a child be born and go from a baby to a grown man right in front of your eyes.”

The Game told his fans, “It’s literally the most amazing thing I’ve been able to bear witness to in my life. How beautiful of a soul you’ve become, and I can really only thank your mother for how kind, caring and delicate you are to not only your siblings and immediate family, but to everyone who crosses paths with you,” Jayceon wrote to Harlem.

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“I’ve been more than a father to you.. a best friend, a protector, a mentor, the homie and overall a superhero because only God knows the trials and what I had to put on the line so that we could get to this day.”

“I am so proud of everything you are & most definitely of the man you’ve become. Now that you are a man, I guess I can add 30 more minutes onto your curfew and maybe leave you home with a girl without watching you on the cameras,” The Game mused. “I love you, son with all of my heart,” the celebrity father added. “HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY HARLEM CARON TAYLOR.”

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The Game has three kids – Harlem, King Justice, and Cali Dream – in all. King Justice, who celebrated his fourteenth birthday in April, and Cali Dream, who celebrates her eleventh birthday in August, are the rapper’s kids with children’s author Tiffney Cambridge.

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