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====''The Game vs Mandela Effect'' (2022)====
[[File:The Game vs Mandela Effect.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Released on February 22, 2022.]]
The rap battle between The Game and the Mandela Effect, released on February 22, 2022, brings together two very different yet equally perplexing concepts. The Game is a mental game with the sole objective of avoiding thinking about it; once you think about it, you lose. This ongoing struggle to avoid the mental trap is an idea that naturally fits within the context of a rap battle. On the other hand, the Mandela Effect involves the phenomenon of false memories shared by groups of people. Originating from the collective misremembering of Nelson Mandela’s death in the 1980s, this effect is now associated with a range of false memories, from the famous Berenstain Bears to the supposed 1990s movie Shazaam, starring Sinbad as a genie.

The choice to pit these two concepts against each other highlights the battle of perception: the impossibility of escaping The Game’s mental grip versus the way the Mandela Effect distorts and reshapes collective memories. The two are intrinsically linked by how both affect the mind — one by manipulating thought processes and the other by altering memory. The battle’s rap style reflects this tension, with the Mandela Effect disorienting opponents with confusing memories, while The Game challenges them with the incessant loop of trying to avoid its very existence. The thumbnail, with The Game using question marks and Mandela Effect using exclamation marks, encapsulates the confusion and the surprise of realizing something may not be what it seems. <ref>{{cite web|title=The Game vs Mandela Effect - Rap Battle|url=https://encyc.org/wiki/File:The_Game_vs_Mandela_Effect.jpg|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|publisher=[[Encyc]]|date=2022-02-22|access-date=2024-11-08}}</ref>