User:Raziel Reaper/Sandbox/Jacob

Jacob Hughes, better known as Little Jacob, is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a central character and a friend in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Little Jacob is a Jamaican drugs and arms dealer and the Underboss of the Jamaican street gang Hillside Posse, under the command of Real Badman. Jacob is a close friend of Grand Theft Auto IV's protagonist, Niko Bellic, and his cousin, Roman.

Through GTA IV, Jacob serves as a close and trustworthy friend for Niko, giving him some of the early missions in the game, and helping him during the later parts, ultimately proving to be the closest friend for the Bellic cousins.

Little Jacob was voiced by Coolie Ranx, a musician best known for his membership in the third wave ska bands The Toasters and Pilfers.

Early years
Little is known about Jacob's life prior to Grand Theft Auto IV'. Jacob was born in Jamaica, circa 1982. At some point in his life, Jacob met Real Badman, and the two became very close friends, and eventually will form the Jamaican gang "Hillside Posse", going under the names "Little Jacob" and "Real Badman", respectively.

Life in Liberty City
At some point prior to the early 2000s, Jacob and Badman moved to Liberty City. In 2001, they both were arrested for armed robbery. The two were also arrested later two times, in the same years, only with different crimes. In 2002, Jacob was arrested for burglary, and in 2006, he was arrested for possessing Marijuana.

Jacob and Badman continued to build their gang in Liberty City, basing a cafe called Homebrew Cafe in Broker, which served as their base of operations. They also formed partnerships with the known drug baron Elizabeta Torres, and the Latin street gang, the Spanish Lords. Jacob and Badman also became enemies of the M.O.B. African-American gang, mainly a few drug dealers in Bohan. A faction of the Hillside Posse also opposed to Jacob and Badman.

At some point before 2008, Jacob became a very close friend of Roman Bellic, the owner of a small Taxi depot, and the two formed a strong bound with each other.

Meeting Niko
Jacob first meets Niko Bellic, Roman's cousin, after the first called for Roman for a taxi. Having no other driver, Roman sends Niko to pick up Jacob. Waiting Niko on Oneida Avenue in South Slopes, Jacob tells him to drive Jacob to a meeting to Dillon Street in Schottler. During the drive to the meeting, Jacob gives Niko a Glock 22 pistol in order to watch out the meeting.

In an ally at Dillon Street, Jacob, much to his surprise, meets three rival Yardies, rather than one as he thought. The three Yardies open fire on Jacob, but he is saved by Niko, who guns down the dealers. After the failed assassination attempt on him, Jacob asks Niko to drive him to the Homebrew Cafe. After they arrive to the cafe, Jacob gives Niko his phone number, hoping to stay in contact with him.

Missions for Bellic
"The ras clot tinks he can cold up Badman. He a fool... he's a dead fool... De boy is no match for I and I. He's nuttin!"

- Jacob, on the man who setted the drug deal.

After their first meeting, Niko arrives to Jacob's apartment to receive more work. Jacob comes out his apartment, and tells Niko about an attept to make peace with some of his and Badman's rivals, as well as making a drug deal wit them, however, Jacob does not trust the dealers in keeping the truce and the deal. The two drive into an apartment of the dealers at Saratoga Avenue in Willis. The dealers attempt to escape, but are taken down by Niko. Understanding that the deal was a trap, Niko and Jacob head to Savannah Avenue in Meadows Park, where the apartment of the dealers who setted up the deal is located. Niko and Jacob storm into the apartment, killing the dealers. With the dealers are dead, Jacob asks Niko to drive him to the Homebrew Cafe.

Personality and traits
Little Jacob reveals considerably less about his personal life than other friendship characters. Instead, he and Niko often insightfully discuss philosophy and concerns for other people they know. According to Badman during his random encounter, Jacob has a girlfriend that he loves very much and often treats to gifts (which Jacob mentions once himself). Jacob and Badman once had a third friend nicknamed Grandad who could keep Badman calm, but he has since then moved to Jamaica. One of Jacob's best traits is loyalty, as he always stands by Niko and goes out of his way to help him.

Jacob is a typical Rastafarian who speaks in Iyaric (terms like "I and I", "Brother" and "Rasta"), discusses Jah, Rasta and Zionist ideals with Niko, and finds most non-Ital food and weed distasteful (ironically, his first appearance in the game is a brief cutscene outside a Burger Shot and he also likes the food in Cluckin Bell). His accent is difficult to understand, but much easier in comparison on to Badman's near-impenetrable Jamaican patois, so Jacob often acts as translator. He loves reggae music, particularly the stations Tuff Gong Radio (an all-Bob Marley station) and Massive B Soundsystem 96.9. He mentions being a huge fan of reggae artist Sonny Bradshaw, calling him his "uncle" spiritually. Niko agrees that "he plays good music" but sadly he is not featured on the game's soundtrack. Jacob and Niko also both like Bobby Konders.

Jacob constantly smokes marijuana (even during the helicopter chase in Paper Trail), seeing it as "enlightenment", although other times he says he is trying to quit. He often speaks of his concern for Badman smoking too much marijuana and becoming highly paranoid (an effect that Jacob does not experience). Jacob confesses that he thinks Badman could try to kill him out of paranoia.

LCPD Database record
Surname: Hughes

First Name: "Little" Jacob

Age: 26

Place of Birth: Jamaica

Affiliations: Linked to West Indian criminal gangs in East Liberty City.

Criminal Record:
 * 2001 - Armed Robbery
 * 2002 - Burglary: Illegal Entry with Criminal Intent
 * 2006 - Possession Controlled Substance: Marijuana

Notes:
 * AKA Little Jacob
 * Jamaican criminal based in East Liberty City
 * Believed to be part of a Marijuana and Cocaine distribution network run by Teafore Maxwell-Davies, street name - Real Badman.
 * Suspect in several armed robberies and hijackings.

Mission appearances

 * GTA IV
 * First Date
 * Jamaican Heat
 * Concrete Jungle (Boss)
 * Shadow (Boss)
 * Drug Delivery (Boss/Voice)
 * Russian Revolution
 * The Snow Storm
 * Have a Heart (Voice)
 * Paper Trail
 * I'll Take Her... (Voice)
 * Mr. and Mrs. Bellic
 * A Revenger's Tragedy (Boss, Deal)
 * Out of Commission (Boss, Revenge)