Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66
After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...
Hip-Hop Community Mourns Death of Influential Journalist & Screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper
Barry Michael Cooper, who invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and ...
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Legendary “New Jack City” and “Above The Rim” screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper passes away at 66
Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...
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Barry Michael Cooper Captured the Zeitgeist – the Best and the Worst
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.
Barry Michael Cooper, writer of Harlem-trilogy ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill,’ and ‘Above The Rim’ passes away at 66
The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is ...
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Remembering Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who always had Harlem on the mind
Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.
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Who is Barry Michael Cooper? Screenwriter and journalist who coined the genre 'new jack swing' dies at 66
American screenwriter, journalist, and director Barry Michael Cooper breathed his last on Tuesday, January 21 at 66. His friend and former The Village Voice colleague Nelson George confirmed the ...
‘New Jack City’ And ‘Above The Rim’ Writer Barry Michael Cooper Dies In Baltimore At 66
Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and producer behind the classics New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim has died at ...
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" (1991), "Sugar Hill" and "Above the Rim" (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...