Barry Michael Cooper, who invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and ...

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

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

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, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and director was behind the films New Jack City, Above the Rim and Sugar Hill, died Wednesday at 66.

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem ... would come to define that of urban music in the late 80s and early 90s; Riley ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.

The singer generated millions in prop bets for the Kansas City Chiefs just by showing up to watch her boyfriend play. Now ...

ISABELLA GOMEZ SARMIENTO, BYLINE: Barry Michael Cooper started his career writing about music. In 1988, he coined the term new jack swing in a profile of musician and producer Teddy Riley for The ...