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Cast
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Young Maylay | ... | Carl 'CJ' Johnson (voice) (as Chris Bellard aka Young Maylay) |
| Faizon Love | ... | Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) | |
| Yolanda Whittaker | ... | Kendl Johnson (voice) (as Yo Yo) | |
| Clifton Powell | ... | Melvin 'Big Smoke' Harris / Additional Voice on News Radio (voice) | |
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MC Eiht | ... | Lance 'Ryder' Wilson (voice) |
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Jas Anderson | ... | OG Loc (voice) |
| Game | ... | Mark 'B Dup' Wayne / Additional Voice on News Radio (voice) (as The Game) | |
| Big Boy | ... | Barry 'Big Bear' Thorne (voice) | |
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Eugene Jeter Jr. | ... | Emmet (voice) |
| Ice-T | ... | Madd Dogg / Additional Voice on News Radio (voice) (as Ice T) | |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | ... | Cesar Vialpando (voice) | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Officer Tenpenny (voice) | |
| Chris Penn | ... | Officer Pulaski (voice) | |
| Armando Riesco | ... | Officer Hernandez / Pedestrian (voice) | |
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Cynthia Farrell | ... | Catalina (voice) |
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After five years on the east coast, Carl Johnson returns to the city of Los Santos, San Andreas to find numerous fellow gang-members dead and enemy gangs having dominance of the city. Carl must take over the city and get his old gang back on top before the city destroys itself. Written by Gangsta J4
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Release Date:
26 October 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Sound Mix:
DolbyAspect Ratio:
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Carl Johnson: [voiceover] After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home
[a previous phone call is heard]
Carl Johnson: 'Sup?
Sweet Johnson: Carl, it's Sweet.
Carl Johnson: Whassup, Sweet, what you want?
Sweet Johnson: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.
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(uncredited)
by Too $hort
Written by Al Eaton, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Too $hort
Available on Radio Los Santos
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Young Maylay, who voiced CJ in this game, is real-life cousins with Shawn Fonteno, who voiced Franklin Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V (2013). See more »Goofs
Emmet's shirt is red in the cutscene for "Nines and AK's" and then his shirt changes to white after the cutscene. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Carl Johnson: [voiceover] After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home
[a previous phone call is heard]
Carl Johnson: 'Sup?
Sweet Johnson: Carl, it's Sweet.
Carl Johnson: Whassup, Sweet, what you want?
Sweet Johnson: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.
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Soundtracks
The Ghetto(uncredited)
by Too $hort
Written by Al Eaton, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Too $hort
Available on Radio Los Santos
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when i got this game i was so excited and i couldn't wait to play it once i played it, i was in the zone i really enjoyed it and now is the only game i play, i also like the characters in this game especially the crooked cop Officer Tenpenny who is voiced by no other than Samuel L Jackson who i thought suited the character very well and some of the cinematic sequences was almost like a real movie with the characters attitude towards each other.I found this game very amusing because the cities remind you of America itself even though i haven't been there yet.Who ever gets this game should thank themselves for getting it i give this game 10/10 this is a good upgrade from vice city.