The Popstar

The unnamed Popstar is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto Online, in The Contract update.

Description
"'Ey, I would give you this target's name, but I know you haven't heard it before. He ain't even famous yet... but shit, he about to be. Some sick degenerate trust fund kid who fucks up people lives for fun. He's spiked girls' drinks, done hit and runs, assaults, man, you name it... and then he paid his way out of all that shit. And now he wanna do some reputation management, so he can buy his way into being the next big pop star. He got a label and a song that's all bought and paid for, he go a ad space and social media campaign ready to fuckin' go. He's all set to scoop a number one single when it drops next week."

- Franklin's payphone description

Franklin Clinton described him as a trust fund kid who has paid his way out of all sorts of crimes that he committed on other people purely for his own twisted amusement, and who is now paying to get a hit song and be a pop star.

He uses the same NPC character model each time.

He drives a heavily customized Annis Euros.

Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
"Now, I know what you thinking: another manufactured pop star, so what? Who cares? Well, our client works at the record label, and he got some nice intel... the label sunk everything the got into this lil' son of a bitch. And if he has an accident, not only will the world be a better place, but the label fixin' to go bankrupt. And our client just bet against them big. So look, we make the stock crash, our clients get some zeroes added on to their bank account, and we get a slice of the motherfuckin' pie. Now let's go put this lil' evil motherfucker in the wrong kinda headlines."

- Franklin's payphone description

Franklin facilitates his assassination by the player on behalf of an insider trader at his record label.

He is driving around Los Santos in his car.

Mission Appearances

 * Grand Theft Auto Online
 * Payphone Hit: The Popstar (Killed)