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 ...

He also coined the term “New Jack Swing,” a name that defined a fusion of R&B and Hip-Hop music in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Barry Michael Cooper continued to expand his influence as a ...

Sixteen years later, Cooper looked back on the success and influence of “New Jack City,” in a 2007 interview with culture magazine “Stop Smiling.” “If there was no ‘New Jack,’ there ...

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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Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his "Harlem trilogy" consisting of the films "New Jack City" (1991 ... the 1990s and had a major influence on artists who rose ...

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Most of these SNL Digital Shorts are still cultural mainstays and are fondly remembered by those who caught them live or those who discovered them on YouTube a few years later. As SNL celebrates its ...