Sweet

Background

Sean "Sweet" Johnson is Carl Johnson's older brother and the leader of the Grove Street Families. He stayed in Ganton after CJ left for Liberty City and resents his brother for running away, especially after their younger brother Brian died. Sweet is committed to keeping the Families clean of crack and to taking back the neighborhood from the Ballas.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Sweet greets CJ coldly at their mother's funeral in Sweet & Kendl, but after the Ballas attack he puts his brother to work. He gives most of the early Los Santos missions: Tagging Up Turf, Cleaning the Hood, Drive-Thru, Nines and AKs, Drive-By and Sweet's Girl. Later he leads the push to reunite the Families with Doberman, Los Sepulcros and Reuniting the Families, which ends with a police ambush at the Jefferson Motel.

In The Green Sabre Sweet is shot and arrested after the Ballas ambush, and he spends much of the story in prison. Mike Toreno eventually keeps his promise and arranges his release, and in Home Coming CJ picks him up at the police headquarters. Sweet is unimpressed by CJ's new wealth and insists they return to Grove Street.

Sweet then leads the final Los Santos arc: Beat Down on B Dup, Grove 4 Life and Los Desperados. In End of the Line he waits outside while CJ storms Big Smoke's crack palace, then leaps onto the ladder of Tenpenny's fire truck as it pulls away, and the brothers chase Tenpenny until he crashes and dies.

Sweet also gives Grove 4 Life, where the brothers retake two Idlewood territories, and Los Desperados, where he pushes CJ to repay his debt to Cesar. In Beat Down on B Dup he is so low that he almost smokes crack offered by one of B Dup's girls, until CJ stops him.

Personality

Sweet is principled, stubborn and fiercely loyal to Grove Street. He hates drugs, is suspicious of anyone who leaves the hood, and can be harsh and judgmental. Still, he clearly loves his siblings and slowly comes to trust CJ again.

Sweet's refusal to compromise is both his strength and his weakness. After his release he is unimpressed by CJ's casino stake, mansion and businesses. To Sweet, all of it means nothing if Grove Street is still in the hands of dealers.

Relationships

CJ and Kendl are his siblings. He has a tense relationship with Kendl's boyfriend Cesar, mostly because Cesar is a Varrios Los Aztecas member. Big Smoke and Ryder were his closest friends until their betrayal. In Sweet's Girl CJ helps him rescue his girlfriend from a Seville Boulevard ambush.

Trivia

• Sweet is voiced by Faizon Love.
• He frequently phones CJ during gang wars to report attacks on Grove Street territory.
• Sweet blames CJ for the death of their younger brother Brian in 1987.
• In Riot he insists there will be no rioting on Grove Street and makes CJ drive him home through the chaos.