 He eventually ends up leaving the drug trade after its violent nature causes the death of his best friend Bodie Broadus and many other of his friends.He has the distinction, along with Wee-Bey Brice, Omar Little, Bubbles, and Proposition Joe, of being the only characters in the drug trade to appear in every season.Of the 17 front-line Barksdale Organization gang members featured in seasons 1 to 3, 12 die during the course of the show, and three more are imprisoned with long sentences.