Ballas

The Ballas is a gang in Los Santos.

Overview
Being the long-time rivals of the Grove Street Families, the Ballas were drug dealers and also an African-American street gang who unlike the GSF, promotes drug dealing, which in turn was responsible for the downfall of GSF due to their drug addiction and the lack of a strong, anti-drug leader.

For the first and last few missions of the game, the Ballas were the major antagonistic faction.

The Ballas usually wear purple.

Known Allies

 * Los Santos Vagos
 * LSPD
 * San Fierro Rifa
 * Little Weasel
 * Melvin Harris (Big Smoke)
 * Lance Wilson (Ryder)
 * "T-Bone" Mendez
 * Kane
 * Frank Tenpenny
 * Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums
 * Edward Pulaski
 * Jimmy Hernandez

Known enemies

 * Caesar
 * CJ
 * Sweet (Sean Johnson)
 * GSF
 * San Fierro Triads
 * Woozie (Wu Zi Mu)
 * Ran Fa Li
 * Various Los Aztecs

Vehicles

 * Tahoma
 * Voodoo (in two missions)
 * Brown Streak
 * Picador
 * Maverick
 * Greenwood