Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66
Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” ...
Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Writer, Dies at 66
Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.
Iconic screenwriter, journalist dead at 66: ‘He helped define pop culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s’
The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.
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Hip-Hop Community Mourns Death of Influential Journalist & Screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper
He invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill'.
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Legendary “New Jack City” and “Above The Rim” screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper passes away at 66
Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66 Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneer of Black cinema in the 1990s, passed away on Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 66. Cooper’s death ...