Rapper The Game 'joins forces with gang leaders in LA' to raise money for family of boy, 7, killed in shooting

PUBLISHED: 22:38 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:12 EST, 5 December 2013

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Rapper The Game has sought a temporary cease-fire from gang members in Los Angeles after a seven-year-old boy died in an apparent gang-related shooting.

The 34-year-old LA-native raised $7,000 in an hour to help the family of Talaib Pecante after taking pledges from 'top-ranking gang members' in the city on Wednesday.

The boy was shot on Monday night in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles while sitting in a car with his family He died on Tuesday night at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, while his mother and her boyfriend recived non life-threatening injuries.

Fundraiser and cease-fire: The Game posted a photo of seven-year-old shooting victim Talaib Pecante on Wednesday as she sought to raise money for the boy's funeral

The Game, whose birth name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, called TMZ Live on Wednesday morning and said he wanted to help the boy's family - especially because Christmas was approaching.

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The rapper said much of the money to help cover the boy's funeral costs came from Los Angeles street rivals including members of the Crips, Bloods and Hispanic gangs.

Generous donation: The Game, shown last month in Los Angeles, raised $7,000 in an hour for the slain boy's family

The Game said he didn't have a fundraising goal set and was also seeking a gang cease-fire in Los Angeles through the holiday season.

'I figured I would give all the members and all the people and dudes on the street an opportunity to set a short-term goal and at least not shoot or kill anyting at least through Christmas,' he said.

The Game posted a photo of Talib on his Instagram page with the donation amount of $17,000 scrawled below it.

Birthday party: The Game, shown celebrating his 34th birthday last week in Beverly Hills, California, has started The Robin Hod Project to help worthwhile causes

'NO CHILD DESERVES THIS, ESPECIALLY 3 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS,' he wrote in the text accompanying the photo.

The Game in September also teamed up with rapper Drake to raise $22,500 to help a 30-year-old Ohio woman who lost her five children and boyfriend in a tragic mobile home fire.

The rapper has established The Robin Hood Project in which he donates money to people and causes that move him and chronicles the donations with Instagram photos.

Generous donation: Los Angeles rapper The Game and Canadian rapper Drake teamed up on Monday to provide a $22,500 donation to an Ohio woman who lost her five children and boyfriend in a horrific mobile home fire

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MM, Cotton Bay Village, Saint Lucia, 1 day ago

Rest in heaven Taalib, sincere condolences to his parents and family. Taalib death makes me sick to my stomach, gun crime is very real all over the US and innocent kids are targets in the cross fire. We need to give youths in low income areas HOPE, we need to give them REAL opportunities for work, study and mentoring, more $ needs to be spent in this area to stop the violence. We need outreach projects for the mothers and fathers of these youths, they need help to, they need hope, they need employment and many single mom's out there need help and support. Bad cultures are entrenched in these low income areas and it's going to take a huge amount of work to make change happen. Stop and frisk is not helping, we need good relations between police and low income communities, not harassment, communities need to feel like they can respect and trust cops, to get respect these cops need to show it first. If we don't work on these issues deaths like Taalib's will keep happening.