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Carl "CJ" Johnson is a fictional character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series, serving as...

Carl "CJ" Johnson is a fictional character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series, serving as the protagonist, anti-hero/hero and player-controlled character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. CJ is co-leader of the Grove Street Families (GSF), along with his brother, Sean "Sweet" Johnson. Sweet suggested that CJ was born in the Johnson House, a two floor home in Grove Street, a cul-de-sac in Ganton, Los Santos, which was owned by the Johnson family matriarch, Beverly Johnson. Following her death, the Johnson House was inherited by Sweet, to which Carl uses it as his first private residence. Carl is the second child of Beverly Johnson. Her four children in birth order are Sean, Carl, Kendl, and Brian. Following the death of his younger brother, Brian, Carl escaped the pressures of street gang life by moving to Liberty City five years prior to the start of the game, where he worked with Joey Leone in the car theft business. During The Introduction—a short machinima video released with the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack—he is seen mugging a passerby in the street and then hijacking a car. In 1992, Carl's mother is killed in a drive-by shooting. He returns to Los