{"id":2163054,"date":"2025-11-17T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163054"},"modified":"2025-11-17T23:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:25:07","slug":"it-was-just-an-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/it-was-just-an-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Was Just an Exchange\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Game<\/a> has opened up about his dating past and expressed regret over the way he handled some of his relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Game sat down with Snoop Dogg, Big Boy, Matt Barnes, and Deon Cole for Kirk Franklin\u2019s latest Den of Kings episode. At one point, Game started reflecting on the women he did wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSometimes, like when I was in my 20s and my 30s, it was just an exchange,\u201d he said during the conversation. \u201cIt was, \u2018Hey, hey, I\u2019m giving you this. We\u2019re having our moment and I\u2019m going to get back to my life. You get back to yours.\u2019 No emotions \u2019cause you\u2019re young. Everybody\u2019s got their whole life ahead of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued: \u201cWhen you get in your 40s, man, you start feeling like you\u2019re womanizing, and I\u2019m taking emotions home with me, or she\u2019s taking emotions out the door with her if you are, you know, living that type of lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rapper went on to explain how he used to date carelessly because of his youth. \u201cWhen you\u2019re young and you\u2019re dealing with a young woman, ain\u2019t nobody tripping. It\u2019s all good,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when you\u2019re older and you know that that woman has trauma from her past relationship and all of that \u2026 dinner is cool, going out on the date is cool. But then once you start getting intimate with people and you know for sure that they are invested in you even a little bit, and you know you ain\u2019t talking to this person after tomorrow\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Game used to be engaged to Tiffney Cambridge, the mother of two of his children. He and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/the-game-d-smoke-debate-best-get-up-anthems-of-la-billboard-tres-generaciones-tequila\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast host Shaniece Hairston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast host Shaniece Hairston<\/a> most recently welcomed a child together last December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Check out the full episode below.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.A8tp3RoFR3tTtCdwL5.1A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTExOTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/billboard_547\/6c5fdd1e585fffc1a8661cfd14eda443\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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Game sat down with Snoop Dogg, Big Boy, Matt Barnes, and Deon Cole for Kirk Franklin\u2019s latest Den of Kings episode. At one point, Game started reflecting on the women he did wrong. 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