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 ...
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New Jack City writer Barry Michael Cooper dead at 66
Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper has died in Baltimore, Maryland. Cooper wrote a series of iconic 1990 s movies, including New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock, Above The Rim, ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, writer of Harlem-trilogy ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill,’ and ‘Above The Rim’ passes away at 66
He was 66. In Black pop cultural circles, Cooper was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” in a 1988 profile ...