Los Angeles, 17 July 2016

1. Wide exterior of community center

2. Wide of audience watching the screen

3. Medium of audience

4. Close of recording artist will.i.am

5. Police Chief Charlie Beck holds hand with The Game and other community leaders

6. SOUNDBITE (English) The Game, recording artist: "You know too many people want to say we do this now and then change the direction as soon as we do one thing. No. What we do next is we do this again and we continue to do it until everybody gets onboard. You know it's like a bus going through the city, a bus of love and a bus of positivity. We want to keep the doors open. We want everybody to get on the bus. And this love and this positivity that we're preaching and change were about to bring about is free admission. All you got to do is get on the ride with us."

Reporter: "Can you talk about the officers who were shot in Baton Rouge this morning?"

The Game: "Of course officers, civilians, any life lost is a major deterioration of us as a people and I don't like it and this is why we are here taking initiative and trying to change it. So you know peace and love and prayers go out to those families, but that's a tragedy as well as all lives."

Reporter: "Why did you get involved?"

The Game: "Because I have children and I want (them) to grow up in a better world than the one I can see with my own eyes."

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles: "And first and foremost we condemn all the acts of violence in the strongest terms. Three more officers, whose families won't see them tonight, won't get to kiss them, won't get to hold them and feel them, and other lives that have been lost on our streets that never make the headlines."

8. Wide of crowd watching the screen

9. Close of crowd

10. SOUND UP (English) The Game, recording artist: "L.A., this is one of the biggest, best cities in the world. Not just the nation of America, in the world. And from this day out, politicians, mayors, president of the United States, all of them are going to be held accountable, everybody. But before we do that, we've got to hold ourselves accountable as people."

11. Wide of monitoring showing a cutaway of The Game speaking inside the community center

12. SOUND UP (English) The Game, recording artist: "Me in my foster home, I was the only black dude in my foster home. I grew up with Mexicans only. And you know if a tear falls it's because ... it's because one of the cats that I grew up with in a foster home with, Calvin. His name was Spanky, he was from Playboy Gangster. Straight Mexican. That was more my brother than my own brothers."

13. Wide of police car

14. Wide of police officers

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie Beck, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: "You know I'm out here to support a message of anti-violence being put forward by members of the rap community, the hip-hop community, members of the faith community and some very, very significant community leaders. You know all of us recognize that this community, our community, is far too violent and we want to stop the violence, we want to stop the killings and you know then we can talk about some of the other issues. But first we've got to make this a safe community."

16. Zoom out on the crowd lining up outside the community center

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Quovadis Ingram, summit attendee: "It was inspirational, you know what I'm saying? Anytime you get this many people together, black, brown, you get them together and unite under one cause, listen to the message of the Nation Of Islam. It was a good experience and I think our people should have took something from this and we'll see. You know it's a great start in a great direction."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Aurora Hudson, summit attendee: "A lot of times when you look at the media and you look at the news you see different things. You don't see anyone talking about OK how people are uniting against gang violence, but it happens and it is important. And of course it is important for us as black people, they stop killing us - the police. But as well we stop killing each other and that's the important thing too. And if we unite as a group and end gang violence I think we can get a lot more things done in the community as well."

19. Wide of crowd watching and raising their hands

FEW HUNDRED ATTEND RAPPER'S GANG SUMMIT IN LOS ANGELES

Rapper The Game says he was moved to call together Los Angeles gang members for an anti-violence summit because he wants to help create a safer world for his children.

"I have children and I want (them) to grow up in a better world than the one I can see with my own eyes," said The Game after Sunday's summit in South Los Angeles.

An overflow crowd of several hundred gathered at a community center to hear pleas for peace from current and former gang members, entertainers, activists and preachers from the Nation Of Islam.

"You know too many people want to say we do this now and then change the direction as soon as we do one thing. No. What we do next is we do this again and we continue to do it until everybody gets onboard. You know it's like a bus going through the city, a bus of love and a bus of positivity. We want to keep the doors open. We want everybody to get on the bus. And this love and this positivity that we're preaching and change were about to bring about is free admission. All you got to do is get on the ride with us," The Game said during an interview.

Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Charlie Beck shook hands with The Game outside the venue in a show of unity. Beck said the meeting was a "great first step" in the right direction toward curbing violence, especially considering the police shootings Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

"I'm out here to support a message of anti-violence being put forward by members of the rap community, the hip-hop community, members of the faith community and some very, very significant community leaders. You know all of us recognize that this community, our community, is far too violent and we want to stop the violence, we want to stop the killings and you know then we can talk about some of the other issues. But first we've got to make this a safe community," Beck said.

Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers investigating a report of a man with an assault rifle were killed Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police in the city during a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide.

"Of course officers, civilians, any life lost is a major deterioration of us as a people," said The Game of the shooting. "I don't like it and this is why we are here taking initiative and trying to change it. So you know peace and love and prayers go out to those families, but that's a tragedy as well as all lives."

The Game, born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, fought back tears as he recounted the recent shooting death of a former gang member he called Spanky. The pair grew up together in foster care in nearby Compton, he said.

"Me in my foster home, I was the only black dude in my foster home. I grew up with Mexicans only. And you know if a tear falls it's because ... it's because one of the cats that I grew up with in a foster home with, Calvin. His name was Spanky, he was from Playboy Gangster. Straight Mexican. That was more my brother than my own brothers," said The Game to the crowd.

"L.A., this is one of the biggest, best cities in the world. Not just the nation of America, in the world. And from this day out, politicians, mayors, president of the United States, all of them are going to be held accountable, everybody. But before we do that, we've got to hold ourselves accountable as people," said the 36-year-old multi-platinum selling rapper.

The Game put the word out last week on his active Instagram account, inviting leaders of the Crips, Bloods and other street gangs to come together for "Time To Unite: United Hoods + Gangs Nation." Dozens of gang members, some sporting red and blue colors, heeded the call and filed peacefully into the building to hear more than a dozen speakers. The neighborhood a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles has a large black population and has been plagued by random violence.

Aurora Hudson praised the decision to shine a light on "the brutality in our neighborhoods." The 25-year-old came to the meet-up from her home just blocks away and called it a positive experience.

"A lot of times when you look at the media and you look at the news you see different things. You don't see anyone talking about OK how people are uniting against gang violence, but it happens and it is important. And of course it is important for us as black people, they stop killing us - the police. But as well we stop killing each other and that's the important thing too. And if we unite as a group and end gang violence I think we can get a lot more things done in the community as well," said Hudson.

Veteran gang interventionist Alex Sanchez urged unity between Latino and black community members. Radio personality Big Boy, recording artist will.i.am and rappers Shorty, Problem and Bad Lucc were among the entertainers in the crowd. Security was provided by the Nation of Islam and there wasn't a big police presence at the summit.

Men need to have a "much-needed conversation" about their influence on young people and how to serve as better role models, The Game wrote on Instagram, where he has 6.6 million followers.

Earlier this month, The Game and fellow rapper Snoop Dogg led a peaceful march to Los Angeles police headquarters, where they met with the mayor and police chief and urged improved relations between authorities and minority communities.

The rappers are among many activists and celebrities calling for change following the police-related killings of black men nationwide and the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas by a lone gunman motivated by racial hatred.