"Grand Theft Auto" Character Not Based On Cypress Hill Backup Performer

Cypress Hill backup performer Michael "Shagg" Washington sued Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive for $250 Million because he claims he was the inspiration for CJ from "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas". According to the California court system, 'they don't owe this guy s***.' The judge ruled that, 'The main character CJ is a black male with a completely generic and somewhat variable appearance.' Shagg was suing for the fact that CJ is a through-and-through replication of him. The judge had this to say, "The No Doubt avatars…perform rock songs, the same activity by which the band achieved and maintains its fame…[Nothing in the video game] transform[s] the avatars into anything other than exact depictions of No Doubt’s members doing exactly what they do as celebrities. Here, however, Washington has presented no evidence demonstrating that the plot or characters of GTA: San Andreas have any relevance to his life or his purported fame."