Barry Michael Cooper revealed the surprising story behind Pookie’s casting in New Jack City – a tale of brilliant auditions, unexpected tragedy, and cinematic redemption. Since 1998 ...

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 screenwriter best known for his work in New Jack City and Above the Rim, died on Wednesday, Jan. 22. He was 66. According to Variety, Cooper's death was confirmed by a ...

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, ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished ... Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike Lee.