There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, ...

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist who coined the term “New Jack Swing” to describe the music Teddy Riley was making during the ’80s and wrote the screenplays for influential movies like New Jack ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay for New Jack City and reportedly coined the phrase “New Jack Swing,” has died. Barry Michael Cooper’s other works include writings ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind “New Jack City” and pioneering investigative journalist, died Tuesday in Baltimore at age 66. Barry Michael Cooper, the celebrated screenwriter ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation '90s classic "New Jack City" and finished his "Harlem trilogy" writing "Sugar Hill" and "Above the Rim," died in Baltimore, ...

Among his many projects, Cooper wrote New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock. In 1994, he also wrote Sugar Hill and Above the Rim, starring Tupac Shakur. Cooper work ...

Cooper worked as a producer on the show and also wrote three episodes. Barry Michael Cooper wrote the ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ season-two episode “#SuperFunkyCaliFragiSexy.” Netflix ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter turned screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson ...