Dame Dash has not announced who is in the film. The first starred Wood Harris, Mekhi Phifer, and Cam’ron.
This past Halloween, Alpo Martinez, a famed ex-drug king and government informant, was fatally shot in his birthplace of Harlem, New York. Martinez, 55, was depicted as Rico, Cam’ron’s character, in Paid in Full, which depicted events that occurred in Martinez’s real life.
Camron came to Instagram after Martinez’s passing to reflect on the creation of the classic film and Martinez’s influence on them. The film was released in 2002 and grossed millions of dollars at the box office.
“Paid in Full’ is a reflection of everything I’ve learned and I am really going to see it through now that there’s an ending,” Dash explains to PageSix last year. “So this is going to dramatically change based on what happened Sunday. I was stuck on how to really approach it and this is actually giving me more clarity.”
He added, “Everybody’s thinking it’s got to be tight, and based on the fact that I have creative control, I can do things the right way. Sh*t’s going to be incredible.”