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The '''Grove Street Families''', also known as '''The Families''', '''Groves''' or '''GSF''' for short, are a street gang that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. It is the native gang of the protagonist of the game, who eventually becomes a high-ranking co-leader. The gang is led by [[Sweet]] and [[Carl Johnson]], and are heavily involved in the criminal underworld of Los Santos and [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]. | The '''Grove Street Families''', also known as '''The Families''', '''Groves''' or '''GSF''' for short, are a street gang that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. It is the native gang of the protagonist of the game, who eventually becomes a high-ranking co-leader. The gang is led by [[Sweet]] and [[Carl Johnson]], and are heavily involved in the criminal underworld of Los Santos and [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]. | ||
== | ==History== | ||
The | The formation date of the Grove Street Families is unknown. However, it is said that they are one of the oldest gangs in Los Santos. Since the Ballas formed in the 1970's, this puts the formation of the Grove Street Families to the 1960's or earlier. It is very likely that they were formed in [[Grove Street]], [[Ganton]] due to their name. The Grove Street Families have a history of a traditional, intense, and bloody rivalry with the [[Ballas]]. Specifically when the gang war started is unknown, but the rivalry between the two gangs was in full swing as early as 1987. | ||
The 1987-1992 period saw the Families begin to lose ground to the Ballas who became heavily involved in the drugs trade. Many OG's and high-ranking members were killed at this time - including [[Big Devil]], [[Little Devil]], and [[Tony]] as well the younger brother of Sweet and CJ - [[Brian Johnson]]. Sweet, remained adamant in his objection to the Families becoming involved in the trade. [[Big Smoke]], a high ranking member, began to see the fall of the gang and the potential for power, influence and money the trade could bring. He secretly formed a business deal between the Ballas, [[Los Santos Vagos]] and the corrupt [[C.R.A.S.H.|Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums]] department of the [[LSPD in GTA III Era|LSPD]] for drugs and crack-cocaine, while remaining involved in the Families to pass on information about their activities. Just before CJ's return in 1992, Big Smoke was also able to influence [[Ryder]] about the money and power that they could make from drugs. | |||
The Grove Street Families were originally one large gang during the late 1980's. However, during the early 1990's, they split off into different "family" sets. This included the "Seville Boulevard Families", the "Temple Drive Families" and the "Grove Street Families". The primary reason for the split was due to the weakening of the gang by the Ballas and Vagos - causing the Grove Street Families to become unstable, and also because of differences in relation to the drugs trade as [[Sweet]] and the original Grove Street Families set in Ganton were against drug dealing. | |||
The Grove Street Families also maintain an ongoing rivalry with the Los Santos Vagos and the [[Varrios Los Aztecas]]. The reasons or date for their feud with the Mexican gangs is unknown. It is likely due to territorial reasons due to the close proximity of [[East Beach]] (Vagos territory) and Ganton (GSF territory) and also because, like the Ballas, the Vagos are a significant factor for the spread of crack-cocaine - which the GSF are against. | |||
==Events of GTA San Andreas== | |||
The Families continued to lose influence and later unity when the gangs factions began to fight against each other. The gang also began to lose influential members such as [[Big Devil]], [[Little Devil]] and [[Tony (GSF)|Tony]], all of whom by [[1992]] were deceased. [[B Dup]] and [[Big Bear]] also began to move into the drugs trade, with Bear becoming heavily addicted and the man servant of Dup. The gang also split into two subsets; Seville Boulevard Families and Temple Drive Families. The Ballas, becoming more powerful and influential, decide to [[The Introduction|try and kill]] Sweet in a drive-by shooting but succeed in killing his [[Beverly Johnson|mother]]. | The Families continued to lose influence and later unity when the gangs factions began to fight against each other. The gang also began to lose influential members such as [[Big Devil]], [[Little Devil]] and [[Tony (GSF)|Tony]], all of whom by [[1992]] were deceased. [[B Dup]] and [[Big Bear]] also began to move into the drugs trade, with Bear becoming heavily addicted and the man servant of Dup. The gang also split into two subsets; Seville Boulevard Families and Temple Drive Families. The Ballas, becoming more powerful and influential, decide to [[The Introduction|try and kill]] Sweet in a drive-by shooting but succeed in killing his [[Beverly Johnson|mother]]. | ||