Avon Barksdale

Avon Barksdale is a character role-played by LIRIK.

Background
Avon Barksdale is a founding member and leader of the Leanbois.

He is a notorious criminal known for bringing terror and chaos to Los Santos.

Los Santos & the Leanbois
Upon arriving in Los Santos, Avon became a taxi driver and met a man named Lang Buddha, after he tried to sell him weed.

Avon recruited Lang Buddha, Tony Corleone, Bob Coolidge & Al Saab to the soon-to-be Leanbois. He came up with the name, the Leanbois.

Exhausted by his path in life, Avon left Los Santos in hopes of forging a new path.

Return
The crime could not escape Avon, and he returned in earnest to Los Santos. Los Santos has changed and Avon finds himself and his gang in crippling debt and surrounded by enemies, new and old.

He continued to cause mayhem in Los Santos along with the other Leanbois.

Mayor Campaign
He campaigned to become the mayor of Los Santos, but it didn't last long.

He has disappeared again.

Clayvon & Avon in a Mental Institution
Avon was locked up in a mental institution for calling Los Santos a simulation according to his cousin Clayvon. It is not known for how long.

Clayvon came to Los Santos meet up with Avon's Leanbois associate Tony Corleone and informed him of his situation.