In an appearance on CNN yesterday (August 17), The Game apologised for a Twitter prank last weekend that flooded a sheriff's office in Compton, California.

The sheriff's office received hundreds of phone calls from fans seeking an internship with the Los Angeles rapper.

"It was a simple mishap," the Game said. "I was doing a photo shoot and it was downtown Los Angeles and one of my boys picked up my phone and started tweeting random numbers."

"I never want to be the source of anything happening wrong to anybody or anybody not being able to get through to the help lines at the police station," he said. "I don’t ever want to see anyone hurt. I’ve got kids at home. I’m not that guy."

The Game finished the interview by offering his "sincerest apologies to the sheriff's department" and insisting that it was "just a joke gone wrong."

Watch The Game give his statement on CNN here: