He tells Calvin that he isn’t there to push up on him, but to make him an offer to help expand his business to a different group with more money, to which Calvin replies, “fuck outta here, pops.”.
He approached Calvin, not with a lecture, but with his hand out. Pip gave up on the “right way” line of thinking because the game seemed rigged for good men. The separation comes, then slowly the divorce. One day an argument ignited the fire that she used to burn him by admitting she was indeed cheating. At first, he didn’t question it since the bills were coming faster than the checks these days, but when he realized what she brought to the table didn’t equal up to the hours she worked, he got curious. Pip noticed his wife “working late” more than usual lately. He was well known for “putting people on” in hopes of expanding the empire he had in his mind, but he was still human and his arrogance sometimes got the best of him. Now, Calvin? He sells coke (Mitch voice), and not only is he making money and a name for himself, but he’s making people pay attention. Pip was set on rebuilding, all while his marriage was on the rocks as well, no pun intended (but damn that’s hard). Years go by and coke/crack takes over the community that Mr. He was the one that would “do it right” and show the youth, is what he told himself. Sure, the allure of drug dealing and being able to afford those expensive bags for his lady would get him high time to time but he always brushed it off. Pip, a regular 9-5, lunch pail and hard hat guy figuratively speaking, was a pillar in the community back in the day, did it by the book, and by the side of his wife. There’s an ill backstory that I don’t think a lot of people know, but luckily I’m here to shed the necessary light. Pip snitched on Calvin, in case you didn’t know who dropped that dime. Pip explaining “real music” to Ace” photo courtesy of Miramax)
Ace paid in full full#
Paid in Full was inspired by the former Harlem drug lord Alpo Martinez, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in November at the age of 55. When it arrived in October 2002, it grossed over $3 million worldwide, and arrived alongside a soundtrack, released via Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings, boasting songs from Killa Cam, Jay-Z, and Master P, among others.(Mr. The first film starred Cam’ron, Wood Harris, and Mekhi Phifer as Rico, Ace, and Mitch, three Harlem drug dealers. A lot of other little stories will be told.” You’ll see perspectives from Kevin Childs, Jay Black, everybody, Lou Simms. “So you’ll see a perspective from the stickup kids at the time, see a perspective of the younger dudes, I was a younger dude, the 16-year-olds. Now I’m showing all perspectives,” he continued. “There’s a lot of perspectives that people don’t know.
“It’s what happens after put all that work on the street, and somebody had to get that money back,” Dash said. Paid in Full fans should apparently get ready for the film’s sequel.ĭame Dash-who produced the 2002 crime drama-told AllHipHop that the second chapter of Paid in Full is being shot in Newark, New Jersey.