Carl Johnson

Carl Johnson main protaganist of GTA: San Andreas.

Liberty City
Carl left San Andreas in 1987 to go to Liberty City he came there to start a whole new life He had the opportunity of working with Don Salvatore Leone's son, Joey Leone, in the car theft business, as well as some other small crimes.

In 1992 five years after he came to Liberty City Sweet calls to inform Carl that his mother died in a drive-by shooting, Carl returns to Los Santos for the funeral and a partial consideration of staying there.

In San Andreas
As soon as Carl arrives in Los Santos, he is confronted by C.R.A.S.H. members Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski, who explain that Carl will do work for them, or they will frame him for killing their fellow officer Ralph Pendelbury. After meeting with Big Smoke at the Johnson house, Carl finally meets with his siblings and friends. Carl quickly learns that the Grove Street Families lost much of their power over the last five years.

The gang is at the second height of its power, and is planning on taking out the rest of the Ballas in an ambush, until Cesar reveals to Carl that Ryder and Big Smoke have betrayed the gang to C.R.A.S.H and the Ballas. Carl rushes to the gunfight, suspecting that Sweet and the gang are walking into a trap, and manages to hold off the Ballas to rescue a heavily-wounded Sweet, until both of them are arrested by C.R.A.S.H.. Grove Street Families and the Varrios Los Aztecas practically disappear, and Big Smoke becomes head of a drug ring and takes over Los Santos. OG Loc also becomes a rich and famous rapper, with Big Smoke acting as his manager as a means to launder his money.