Shawn Fonteno  Shawn Darnell Fonteno, also known as Solo, is an American actor and rapper, who is best known as the voice and the acting performer of Franklin Clinton in the 2013 video game "Grand Theft Auto V". He is also the cousin of American rapper Young Maylay who voiced Carl "CJ" Johnson, the protagonist in "". Fonteno was raised in Watts, Los Angeles. Fonteno has acted in the film "The Wash".