From the category archives:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace’s fall.
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Azie Faison is a former drug dealer and a ninth grade dropout who earned more than $100,000 a week selling cocaine in Harlem, New York, during the peak of America’s “War on Drugs”, between 1983-1990. His legacy has been referenced to by several hip-hop artists in their lyrics, and his life was the basis for the film Paid in Full starring Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, and Cam’ron and produced by Damon Dash’s Roc-A-Fella Films.
Azie (pronounced “AZ”) Faison Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York on November 10, 1964. A fire destroyed his tenement in 1970, forcing the family to relocate to the famed Sugar Hill section of Harlem, New York.
While childhood friend Rich Porter began dealing drugs as early as 12 years old, Faison worked in a neighborhood dry cleaners. Faison maintains that the movie Scarface strongly influenced his decision to become a drug dealer.
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The Launch of Jay Z’s 40/40 Club – Inside Party
June 18, 2003 – 40/40 Sports Bar
New York City, New York United States
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“She’s actually in Trinidad, she has a concert,” Jay told television personality Jonathan Ross. “[We go to each other's concerts] all the time. Of course, she’s a magnificent performer. I steal routines from her, she stole many things from me, you know, I see it on stage, the whole, her whole dance. [smiles] I started that. You probably don’t know what that is. Yeah, I actually created that ['Put A Ring On It'] dance, it was me, again. I said you should [wave your hands] and she, you know, did it and I wouldn’t really tell anybody this but you asked me so I don’t want to make it seem like I’m making myself more important. [On Valentine's Day], she was in Peru and I was in Denver on my way to [the United Kingdom], and it was like a, very romantic. Skype.”
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“Fool’s Paradise” is from the album Do Me Baby by Meli’Sa Morgan. The album was her first, released in 1985.
Click to Preview or Buy: Do Me Baby
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