Rap star Jayceon "The Game" Taylor was arrested in
New York on Thursday (Nov. 16) and charged with impersonating an undercover police
officer.

In what is shaping up to be a bizarre incident, police claim the rapper ordered
a cab driver to run several traffic lights, because he was an undercover police
officer. "This is a ploy by the Hip-Hop police to humiliate me, because
they harass and follow me every time I come to New York," The Game said
in a statement. "I was in New York promoting my album. I never impersonated
anyone especially and absolutely never a police officer."

Police claim the rapper was in a Lincoln Town Car near 56th and 7th Avenue
that ran through several traffic lights. Police officers stopped the cab for
driving erratically at 43rd Street and 6th Avenue. The driver of the cab reportedly
told the police that his passenger was an undercover officer. Police promptly
arrested The Game and charged him with impersonating a police officer.

The Game was in New York promoting his new album Doctor’s Advocate.