Balanced News: Azie Faison, The Former Harlem Hustler Behind Paid In Full

The news article discusses Azie Faison, a former Harlem cocaine dealer who turned his life around and now works to steer youth away from drugs. Faison, along with Alpo Martinez and Richard Porter, was one of Harlem’s most notorious cocaine dealers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, after a series of events, including Faison being shot nine times in a robbery, he decided to change his path. He became an author and screenwriter, sharing the grim reality behind the glamorous lifestyle of drug dealing. Faison’s story was turned into the successful film “Paid in Full.”