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 ...
Remembering new jack swing: Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Guy dominated 'mix of everything that was great about Black culture'
"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...
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Get Your Reps In: Move Back to “New Jack City”
Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...
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, writer of Harlem-trilogy ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill,’ and ‘Above The Rim’ passes away at 66
There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, ...
“New Jack City” Writer Barry Michael Cooper Dies at 66: He 'Helped Define Pop Culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s'
Cooper wrote for newspapers like 'The Village Voice' before transitioning to screenwriting and filmmaking with 1991's 'New ...
Barry Michael Cooper, writer-producer known for ‘New Jack City’ and ‘Above the Rim,’ dies at 66
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, writer of Harlem-trilogy ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill,’ and ‘Above The Rim’ passes away at 66
which would become “New Jack City.” The 1991 film that tells the story of the fictional drug kingpin Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers. It would be Wesley Snipes’ breakout performance.
Barry Michael Cooper, Visionary Behind ‘New Jack City’ And ‘Above The Rim,’ Dead At 66
The 1991 crime thriller starred Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Chris Rock and became a cultural gem in cinema. Cooper continued to shape the landscape of Black storytelling with Sugar Hill (1993), starring ...