Rapper pleads no contest to felony

The rap artist known as The Game pleaded no contest Monday to a felony firearm charge for allegedly pointing a gun at another player during a pickup basketball game last year in South Los Angeles.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Tien Pham said the artist, born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, 28, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail, three years probation and 150 hours of community service.

Taylor -- who is scheduled to surrender to authorities in the next week -- pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in a school zone. Two other counts of making criminal threats and of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a peace officer were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, officials said. He could have faced more than five years in state prison if convicted on all counts.

Taylor allegedly got into an argument Feb. 24 at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex, punched an opposing player, then pulled a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade and threatened to fire, prosecutors charged.

Taylor was arrested May 11 at his Glendale home.

-- Richard Winton