Franklin is a small-time gangster born and raised in Los Santos who aspires to leave behind the gang life and become a successful criminal and businessman. A member of the Chamberlain Gangster Families for most of his life, he and his best friend Lamar Davis formed the independent Forum Gangsters to stay away from CGF's "retro gangster" nonsense. Franklin's ambitious dreams are eventually given a chance to become reality after meeting Michael De Santa, who takes him on as a protégé and brings him along on several high-profile jobs, but also ropes him into his various personal problems.