Lamar Davis

Lamar Davis

### Affiliation

The FamiliesFranklin Clinton Trevor Philips Stretch (Formerly) Simeon Yetarian (Formerly) Devin Weston (Formerly) GTA Online Protagonist Gerald Benny Mugger

### Occupation

Vehicle repossession (Formerly) Drug dealing Car theft Credit card fraud

## Appearances

### Debut

2013

"*When there's some shit to be won, Goddamnit, I want it. I don't give a fuck what it is. Y'know what I'm talkin' about? I take no prisoners. I go hard doing this shit. Big dog. Big nuts. When names is on a motherfuckin' board, I want to see my name at the top of that motherfucker and next to it, it need to say 'Winner'.*"
―Lamar Davis during the mission Repossession.
**Lamar Davis** is a character in the *Grand Theft Auto* series who appears as a central character and deuteragonist to Franklin Clinton in *Grand Theft Auto V* and a main character in *Grand Theft Auto Online*
## Background

Lamar is the best friend of Franklin Clinton and lives in Chamberlain Hills. He is described as "crazy" by Rockstar Games. It appears that Lamar is a drug dealer and gang-banger due to Franklin's comments about Lamar's "slingin' dope" and "throwing up gang signs." He is a member of the Families street gang. Lamar was working as a repossession man for Premium Deluxe Motorsport until Simeon Yetarian fired both Lamar and Franklin.

Lamar and Franklin both attended Davis High School together when they were teenagers. Eventually, the pair became involved in crime.

According to both Lamar and Franklin, Lamar is of Apache descent. He seems to be proud of it, as in Repossession he says "That's that Apache blood in me!"

## Personality

"*Ah, n\*\*\*\*, don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful, n\*\*\*\*. Maybe if you got rid of that old yee-yee ass haircut you got, you'd get some bitches on your dick. Oh, better yet, maybe Tanisha'll call your dog-ass if she ever stop fuckin' with that brain surgeon or lawyer she fucking with.* N\*\*\*\**...*"
―Lamar to Franklin
When describing Lamar, Rockstar Games' Dan Houser said that even though he is crazy, he is a "good kind of crazy," and also a "very funny" main character, while his best friend, Franklin, is the opposite of him. He is very prideful of his Apache descent and uses this to explain himself and is the basis of several of his jokes. During missions in the main storyline, Lamar is lazy and tends to get himself in trouble by blindly trusting anyone offering him money. He isn't very bright, either. A prime example of Lamar blindly trusting anyone offering him money and not being very smart is accepting a deal with D, the Balla he previously tried to kidnap. This deal was quickly revealed to be an ambush for revenge. He constantly gets himself, Franklin and others into situations that common sense would normally keep people away from. An example is the mission Hood Safari, where Franklin, Lamar, and Trevor go to Grove Street to make a drug deal. Had Trevor not been there to uncover the possible rip-off, Lamar would've ended up buying a brick of drywall. In Lamar Down, Lamar also seems to be annoyed with Franklin and claims that Franklin ignored him and the hood since he moved to Vinewood Hills. Lamar is generally an unsuccessful criminal, as all the heists he plans end up with him penniless and nearly dead. Lamar appears to play the role of comedic relief as a sidekick to the more grounded and reasonable Franklin. His character is somewhat trivialized—despite being a violent and ruthless gangster (for example, at one point, Lamar contemplates betraying Simeon and taking his business), he never harms anyone outside of in-game shoot-outs, and generally projects an image of a harmless, clownish character.
Lamar is a loyal friend to Franklin, as seen in the "Deathwish" ending, where, upon realizing Franklin was consciously 'doing something for his homies for his homies for a change', he assists Franklin, Michael, and Trevor, although Franklin warned him that he will most likely die. During friend activities, Lamar can mention that he dislikes Michael. He also seems to be close to his mother because he has "Mom" tattooed on the right side of his neck.