Big Smoke: Difference between revisions

No longer weighed down by the Johnson brothers, Smoke becomes the most powerful drug lord in [[Los Santos]]. Eventually, the Ballas, Vagos and Families disregard their gang ties and unilaterally work for him. Former high-raking Grove Street Families members Ryder and [[B-Dup]] both become wealthy in his employ, though Smoke does not trust B-Dup enough to make him a "lieutenant", so to speak. [[King in Exile|Twice a week, Smoke takes in a backpack full of cocaine from dealers in San Fierro, and sends back money in a Patriot, in return]]. Loc has since become a successful rapper, and Smoke launders drug money by becoming his manager. Smoke takes on the public image of a benefactor to orphanages and anti-drug campaigns, further concealing his drug operation. Aside from his public charity appearances, he is extremely paranoid and rarely ventures out of a [[Big Smoke's Crack Palace|fortified apartment tower]] he owns in [[East Los Santos]]. He owns a white [[Feltzer]], license plate "IMY AK", but rarely gets to enjoy it because he is a shut-in.

Carl gets back on his feet in [[San Fierro]], destroys a drug cartel called the Loco Syndicate, and kills Ryder. Word of Ryder's death [[Yay Ka-Boom-Boom|runs wild in Los Santos, according to Cesar]], though Smoke is undeterred and finds a new supplier of raw cocaine, starting his own drug manufacturing plant in the fortified apartment. Carl later finds his way back to Los Santos, and manages to have Sweet [[Home Coming|freed]] from a supposedly unsurmountable life sentence, ironically by undercover government agent [[Mike Toreno|Michael "Mike" Toreno]] who organized the Loco Syndicate in the first place. Sweet and Carl build the Grove Street Families from the ground up a third time, while [[Cut Throat Business|Loc]] and [[Beat Down on B Dup|B Dup]] are shaken down but left alive. As Tenpenny's acquittal for corruption hits national news, riots break out all over Los Santos. Carl and Sweet use this opportunity to gain even more turf, and Sweet eventually find a high-ranking Vagos member who spills Smoke's location to them.