The world could have heard The Game and Prince on the same track years ago. Unfortunately, it turns out that one curse word got in the way. The Game spoke to TMZ and explained why Prince down turned a potential collaboration.

"I wanted him to do a song and he was down to the song," The Game said. "We met at Doug Morris' office at Universal [Music] a few years back. He heard the song and there was one curse word in it. And he was like, 'Yo, I can't get on that. It's got a curse word in it."

TMZ noted that Prince cursed his music before, but The Game spoke on how Prince's mindset changed in his later years.

"That's the evolution of people in their lives," The Game said. "You get older, you get wiser. Prince became a Jehovah's Witness and he stopped... you know, he cut out all that. So, we didn't do the song cause I needed that curse word."

The Game was asked about the specific line, but said that he could not remember it. The rapper recounted how he and Prince would laugh about it during another meeting.

"I don't even remember it, but I just know that Prince wasn't feeling it and I was," The Game recalled. "And we laughed about it again when I saw him at I forget... One of these BET Awards or something. We laughed about that moment, so it was real dope."

Like many artists have since Prince's death on April 21, The Game released a tribute track to the iconic artist called "Rest in Purple." If you have not heard it already, you can listen to the song via this link.

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