Game will beat the rap, lawyer says

MANHATTAN. West Coast rapper The Game will be acquitted on charges that he impersonated an undercover cop last year, his attorney said yesterday.

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, 26, is expected to appear today in Manhattan Criminal Court for a status hearing in connection to his Nov. 16, 2006, arrest for allegedly entering a livery cab at 56th Street and Seventh Avenue and telling the driver to run at least two red lights because he was an undercover police officer.

Taylor, who has pleaded not guilty, also allegedly flashed what appeared to be police identification, according to a criminal complaint. He was later arrested and charged with second-degree criminal impersonation.

“The case was weak when it started and it continues to limp along,” Taylor’s attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told Metro yesterday. “We expect an acquittal at trial.”

Taylor actually flashed a photograph of his son — and not a police badge, according to Lichtman, who claimed the NYPD had been following his client prior to the arrest.

In March, Taylor failed to appear for a hearing in the case because his fiancée was hospitalized due to a high-risk pregnancy. Judge Neil Ross issued Taylor a stayed bench warrant that will be voided if he appears in court today.