Cut Throat Business

Location
Madd Dogg's Crib, Mulholland, Los Santos
Reward
Respect

Requires Home Coming

Unlocks Riot, once Grove 4 Life is also finished

Madd Dogg is ready to make his comeback, but OG Loc is shooting a video with rhymes stolen from his book. You take Madd Dogg to the shoot, then chase OG Loc across Santa Maria Beach and through Vinewood until he is cornered at a record label.

Before you start

Bring a pistol or SMG and full armor for the chase.

Get a car with good handling and keep it in the Mulholland area, because you start next to the mansion.

Objectives

  1. Take Madd Dogg to the video shoot.
  2. OG Loc’s making a run for it, don’t let him get away.
  3. Chase after OG Loc, don’t lose him.

Cut Throat Business walkthrough

Madd Dogg wants his rhymes back

In the studio, Madd Dogg is back at work and ready for his comeback. On TV, OG Loc is holding a press conference and shooting a music video, and Madd Dogg realizes the rhymes are from his own stolen rhyme book. CJ and Madd Dogg decide to drop in unannounced and make a cameo in the middle of the video. The cutscene ends with you in control outside the crib.

Maccer begging Madd Dogg to resist in the recording studio
CJ standing in the studio as Madd Dogg complains
Madd Dogg and CJ talking at the studio desk
CJ and Madd Dogg shaking on the plan

Take Madd Dogg to the shoot

Madd Dogg rides along, so get in a car with room for him and follow the radar marker to the video shoot on the Los Santos coast. Keep the car steady, because the mission is only about getting there in one piece. If Madd Dogg falls in the water or dies, you fail.

CJ standing on set at the video shoot
A buggy driving through the hills with Madd Dogg aboard
CJ driving the buggy while Madd Dogg talks about choreography
The buggy driving along a sunset hill road

OG Loc takes off

At the shoot, OG Loc is being interviewed. When he sees you, he breaks away, jumps in a Vortex hovercraft and speeds off across the water. Take one of the other Vortexes and stay close behind, following his path along Santa Maria Beach. If he gets too far ahead, the mission fails.

OG Loc standing near the video shoot van with a dancer
CJ's Vortex hovercraft chasing OG Loc across the water
The Vortex racing past the Santa Maria Beach pier
The Vortex coming up onto the beach promenade

The kart chase

OG Loc swaps to a go-kart and takes the Vinewood streets. Switch to a kart too and keep him in view. Do not stop to fight pedestrians, and do not let him get away. You cannot get in front of him, so just stay on his tail.

CJ in a go-kart and the Vortex parked on the promenade
The kart racing down stone steps in pursuit
The kart racing along a narrow street toward Vinewood

Blastin’ Fools Records

The chase ends at the Blastin’ Fools Records building, where OG Loc tries to escape inside. Madd Dogg and CJ confront him. Loc first denies the theft, then tries to buy their silence, but a record executive overhears and offers Madd Dogg a deal. Madd Dogg takes back his rhyme book and the mission is over.

OG Loc speaking while Madd Dogg looks on at Blastin' Fools Records
A record executive greeting CJ at the studio
Madd Dogg and OG Loc facing off at the end of the cutscene

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • Madd Dogg dies
  • OG Loc dies
  • OG Loc escapes

After the mission

You earn Respect. Riot opens once Grove 4 Life is also done.

Mission passed screen with Respect awarded