In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Jay Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem. The movie is based on the first of Edwin Torres' books on the criminal life of Carlito Brigante, called 'Carlito's Way'. Brian de Palma's Carlito's Way (1993) was based on the second book but took the first book's title because at the time it was decided that the title of the second book "After Hours" would cause confusion with the Martin Scorcese directed movie of the same name (After Hours (1985)). Features Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs.