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Interscope Records boss Jimmy Iovine appeared to ignore The Game when walking past the rapper at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers game on Wednesday night (March 23).

Royce Da 59 caught wind of the clip and shared it on his own Instagram page on Thursday (March 24) while calling out Jimmy Iovine for seemingly ignoring The Game. Nickel Nine posted a video of the Interscope boss expressing his shock that there arent more Black guys and White guys who go into business together while sat next to his longtime friend and business partner Dr. Dre In his second slide, he posted the aforementioned footage of The Game and Jimmy Iovines interaction. The music biz in 2 slides, Royce wrote along with a rolling eyes and peace sign emoji in the caption. A post shared by Nickle (@royceda59) Some fans believed Jimmy Iovine simply didnt recognize The Game, whose face was partly concealed by a black mask. But others speculated the veteran music executive deliberately blanked his former signee out of loyalty to Dr. Dre. The Game famously parted ways with Dre in the mid 2000s during his feud with 50 Centand recently threw shade at the legendary producerin his Drink Champs interview, claiming his EAZY collaborator Kanye Westdid more for his career in two weeks than Dre ever did. Not a fair assessment because he probably been seeing all that reckless Dre talk from the interviews, one follower commented on Royces post. He probably felt more loyal to Dre there and therefore said Im going to side step you bruh. Read more