Jayceon Terrell Taylor, known by his stage name The Game, is a successful American rapper. Today, he posted this message to Instagram:

http://instagram.com/p/w2H2PJGot1/

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Many readers, including some of his fans, reacted with disgust:

@thegame i used to love your music but i'll never put it on again because clearly you're a peice of fucking shit. fuck you asshole — Dart (@dartstar302) December 20, 2014

@thegame your a piece of shit — Pat (@Young5Gun) December 20, 2014

@thegame your right, killing cops will bring back Eric Garner… Fucking idiot — 37 (@KDotDBoy) December 20, 2014

@thegame thought you were a family man.. Just a typical thug — Pat (@Young5Gun) December 20, 2014

Less than hour later, The Game posted this:

The comment in my last post was a DIRECT RESPONSE to the picture above: I didn't say it was cool that… http://t.co/V49ANM5s1H — Handsome Ass Nigga (@thegame) December 20, 2014

http://instagram.com/p/w2MuYvmonV/

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