Zaire Paige Not Only Played a Movie Killer, He Became One in Real Life.

 (illustration by Dan Page)

"He had the ability to draw people. If the right people had their hands on him, he was going places" *Hassan Johnson, who plays the drug dealer "Beamer" in the movie BROOKLYN'S FINEST*

Zaire Paige came from the streets of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. He was given the chance of a lifetime as playing Man Man in the 2010 movie BROOKLYN'S FINEST alongside Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Don Cheadle. Given one of the greatest chances anyone can have, the street life came back victorious and lead a promising man down back a hard road. This is an amazing story (6 pages long online), courtesy of this week's Village Voice here in New York City. 

story by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Jason Parham

Read the Story by clicking here and feel free to comment below

(blog posted 7:40pm January 29th)