Uptown Yardies

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GANG
Uptown Yardies
File:Yardies.jpg
Members of the Yardies street gang, as depicted in GTA III
Games: GTA III
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Advance
GTA IV
Leader: King Courtney
Type: Street gang.
Enemies: Forellis, Yakuza, Sindaccos
Affiliations: Colombian Cartel
Vehicles: Yardie Lobo
Weapons: Pistol, Baseball Bat
Members: King Courtney (leader) and Queen Lizzy (mentioned in dialog), Rudyard

The Yardies are a Jamaican gang, led by King Courtney. They are secretly in league with the Colombian Cartel and are known to push SPANK onto Staunton Island. The Yardies and the Diablos are fighting against each other, due to derogatory comments about Queen Lizzy. Yardie members are seen with dreadlocks and wear ex-army attire in GTA III, while renditions in GTA: LCS depict them in brightly colored tank tops, with or without a yellow T-shirt worn inside, jeans and brown boots.

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Members of the Yardies in GTA: LCS.

In GTA: LCS it is revealed that Leone capo Toni Cipriani helped the Yardies take over their turf in Newport from the Forelli Family as a way to help corrupt cop Leon McAffrey repay an unknown favour to the Yardies that they did for him. The Sindaccos would later attack them as it was revealed they wanted Newport. Toni would then help them with the Sindaccos as they were short on defenders.

Their use of Jamaican English and modern street slang with their heavy Jamaican accents make them relatively difficult to understand on occasions without the use of the game's subtitles. The subtitles may also be needed if one has trouble understanding King Courtney's strong Jamaican accent.

Mission they start attacking you: Kingdom Come(GTA 3) Night of the Livid Dreads (LCS)