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'''Melvin Harris''' (? - 1992), known as '''"Big Smoke"''', is a senior member of the [[Grove Street Families]]. Early in the storyline, there were several telltale signs of Big Smoke's disloyalty to the gang: he moved out of [[Grove Street]] to live in a [[Melvin Harris' Home|new home]] in [[Idlewood]] - [[Ballas]] territory - and there is suspicion that he paid for the house with drug money, despite his insistence that it was money from his aunt. In addition, Big Smoke has, on occasion, showed little interest in defending or aiding the gang, as seen in the mission "[[Drive Thru]]" when the rest of the gang was shooting at a Ballas car that had attacked them, Smoke was in the back seat of [[Sean Johnson|Sweet's]] car eating fast food. Big Smoke would also be seen dragging himself into conflict with other non-native gangs, including the [[Russian Mafia]] and the [[San Fierro Rifa]]. Furthermore, [[Frank Tenpenny]] and his [[C.R.A.S.H.|clique]] show up at Big Smoke's house during the beginning of several missions, suggesting familiarity, although Big Smoke claims each time that they are attempting to extract information from him. Big Smoke claims to have had a cousin, killed by Russians after "the wall came down".