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Although the two artists had some words in the past, it seems that The Game and Joe Budden have finally reconciled. At The Game's show , Budden came out and performed "Pump It Up", as well as the track "Who", which has created quite a buzz on the internet. He explains how Game reached out to him through a text message.

"I was asleep the other day, and I woke up to a text message saying, 'Big Joe, what up? This is Game,' he said. "I was like, 'Oh, somebody is playing on my phone again.' I hit him back with a bunch of question marks, and he hit me back with 'This is Game.' Still, I wasn't convinced yet. Then I started checking my messages, and apparently he was on a radio morning show and asking if anybody had my phone number and said he was trying to reach out to me. So I eventually called him. We had a great conversation, talked about a lot of things. He invited me to come to his show, come kick it. I took him up on it."

So how does Joe feel about the past drama between the two artists? "Me and Game never really had an issue," Budden said. "It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, he happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him. And it was so many years ago, and I think we both grown and gotten past all of that verbal bashing. I thought (Tuesday night's show) was great for hip-hop."

Also appearing at the show were some supporters from the old school era of hip-hop, Dana Dane and Kool Herc. Raekwon and Ghostface also blessed the stage, as well as rapper Maino.