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'''Lance "Ryder" Wilson''' is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as a tertiary antagonist in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. A high ranking member of the [[Grove Street Families]] who later joined forces with the [[Ballas]], [[Los Santos Vagos]] and [[Russian Mafia]] besides becoming a right hand lieutenant in the antagonistic crack cocaine drug trade, he is voiced by [[MC Eiht]].

Ryder continues his life as normal with the Grove Street Families, often being seen with Sweet and Carl. He begins to hire Carl to do various tasks, the first being to drive to [[The Well Stacked Pizza Co.]] fast food restaurant in [[Idlewood]], where he [[Ryder (mission)|attempts to rob the store]] but is thwarted by the manager using a [[shotgun]] in self-defense. Ryder later assists Carl to [[Cleaning the Hood|kill a drug dealer and then a number of Ballas gangsters who were associated with the dealer in a home in Idlewood]]. Ryder also hires Carl to help him steal [[Home Invasion|weapons from the house]] of [[Colonel Fuhrberger]] in [[East Beach]], [[Catalyst|a weapons shipment]] from a [[Brown Streak Railroad|train]] coming from [[Las Venturas]] and [[Robbing Uncle Sam|weapon crates]] from the [[National Guard Depot]] in [[Ocean Docks]].

Ryder also accompanies Carl, Sweet and Smoke to the [[Cluckin' Bell]] fast food restaurant in [[Willowfield]], where they see a group Ballas attempt a drive-by shooting. The four survive and destroy the Ballas car. Ryder is again seen when the four [[Nines and AKs|discuss the gangs weapons]] and later performs a number of drive-by shootings with the three in [[East Los Santos in GTA III Era|East Los Santos]] and [[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]]. He also attends a [[House Party|party]] thrown by part-time gang member [[OG Loc|Jeffrey "OG Loc" Cross]] in Grove Street.

Mexican-American [[Varrios Los Aztecas]] gang leader [[Cesar Vialpando]], boyfriend to Sweet's and Carl's sister [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]], later [[The Green Sabre|phones Carl, asking him to come to an alleyway]] in [[Verdant Bluffs]]. While there, the two witness Smoke and Ryder, along with Tenpenny and C.R.A.S.H. accomplice [[Eddie Pulaski|Edward "Eddie" Pulaski]], with the green Sabre used in the killing of Carl's mother, though Carl actually does not see or acknowledge Ryder. Carl finally realizes Smoke's real allegiance but is forced to go to [[Mulholland Intersection]] to save Sweet from a Ballas ambush during a shoot-out. Sweet is shot and later arrested, being taken to a prison 'upstate' while Carl is taken to [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone]] by Tenpenny, Pulaski and C.R.A.S.H. recruit [[Jimmy Hernandez]], and abandoned in rural Whetstone.

Smoke and Ryder, in the absence of the brothers, take control of the Grove Street Families and add them to their alliance. The Ballas take control of [[Ganton]] and other Grove Street Families turf in Los Santos. The Grove Street Families gangsters also begin to work for Smoke and Ryder by taking drug shipments from the [[Loco Syndicate]] drug manufacturing plant in [[Doherty]], [[San Fierro]] back to Los Santos. Cesar, however, later discovers this and informs Carl, who stops a number of the shipments from reaching Los Santos. Carl later moves to [[San Fierro]] but returns to Angel Pine with Cesar to [[Photo Opportunity|attempt an espionage on]] a deal between the Ballas and [[Loco Syndicate|three principal San Fierro drug dealers]] at the town's Cluckin' Bell drive-thru, where he actually notices Ryder's betrayal for the first time.

After obtaining the photographs Carl returns to San Fierro and has them developed. He meets with a recently befriended [[Wu Zi Mu|Wu Zi "Woozie" Mu]], a leading member of the [[San Fierro Triads]] in San Fierro, and his assistant [[Guppy]], who identifies the three dealers as [[Jizzy B.]], a [[The Pleasure Domes Club|nightclub owner]], [[T-Bone Mendez]], the leader of the [[San Fierro Rifa]], and the gang's unknown [[Mike Toreno|boss]], although they are unaware of his real identity. Carl, after working for both Jizzy and Woozie, and with with support from Woozie in return, later [[Ice Cold Killa|kills]] Jizzy and ambushes a meeting between Mendez and Ryder, with help from the Triads. Carl and Cesar both kill Mendez but Ryder escapes, swimming to a nearby boat, although [[Pier 69 (mission)|Carl follows him and kills him enroute back to Los Santos]]. Carl later shows [[Yay Ka-Boom-Boom|remorse for killing his former friend, although Cesar mentions that Ryder "tried to have sex" with Kendl]].

*Ryder bears a striking resemblance to the late rapper [[:wp:Eazy-E|Eazy-E]]. He is always seen in a black baseball cap which reads "San Andreas" in place of "Compton", sunglasses, a windbreaker and Jheri Curl hairstyle. Ryder's [[Picador]] is based on a Chevy El Camino, also a staple of Eazy-E's image (i.e. "A fresh El Camino rolling Kilo G").

*Ryder constantly chastises Carl for his driving, regardless of how carefully the player drives - citing his "East Coast" style, a reference to the fact that he lived in Liberty City before his comeback.

*In replay mode, Ryder, along with [[Sweet]] and [[Big Smoke]], appears as a pedestrian character model.

*Ryder is never seen without his sunglasses and only once, during his self-titled mission, without his cap. A glitch in the game reveals that behind the sunglasses, Ryder always has his eyes closed or perhaps squinted, which is a side effect of marijuana.

*Ryder, just like Smoke, continues to wear green after his betrayal of the [[Grove Street Families]] becomes common knowledge. There are two reasons: one, Rockstar only had a single coded outfit for both since they were non-playable characters to begin with; two, it made sense for them to keep the Families bluffed into working for them.

*Carl tells Ryder that he "wishes" he "hadn't pissed him off" [[Home Invasion|on the way to a garage after an act of burglary]], foreshadowing [[Pier 69 (mission)|Ryder's death]].

*In [[Beta|pre-release]] screenshots, Ryder was shown to own a brown [[Sadler]].

*Ryder's favorite Radio station is [[Radio Los Santos]]. His voice actor, [[MC Eiht]], can also be heard during the song ''[[:wp:Hood Took Me Under|Hood Took Me Under]]'' by [[:wp:Compton's Most Wanted|Compton's Most Wanted]], which features on the station and in [[Cleaning the Hood|a mission featuring Ryder himself]].