Game Over Jail Time

03/10/2008 7:00 AM, E! Online
Josh Grossberg

The Game is back in play.

The "How We Do" hip-hopster has been released from a Los Angeles County jail after serving eight days of a 60-day sentence for pulling a pistol during a schoolyard, pickup basketball game.

The rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, was released from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 11:44 p.m. Sunday, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which typically spings well-behaved inmates (including those of the celebrity persuasion) early, due to overcrowded jails.

The tattooed rapper reported to the joint on Mar. 3 to begin serving his time.

He had pleaded no contest last month to a felony count of possession of a firearm in a school zone. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped two other charges: making criminal threats and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a peace officer.

In addition to the jail term, Game was placed on three years' probation and ordered to perform 150 hours of community service. Had he not accepted the plea agreement and been found guilty of all charges in a trial, the emcee could've faced up to five years in prison.

A former high school hoops star, the rapper got into the mess while playing B-ball on Feb. 24, 2007 at the Rita D. Walters Educational Learning Complex near his old Compton stomping grounds.

According to the police report, Game got into a fight with a member of the opposing team and then retrieved a gun from his Cadillac Escalade and threatened to kill the man.

Game's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, was unavailable for comment.

The 28-year-old performer's third and possibly final album, L.A.X., is expected to drop in June.