After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66.

Cooper wrote for newspapers like 'The Village Voice' before transitioning to screenwriting and filmmaking with 1991's 'New Jack City' ...

The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who worked on several classic New York films, has died at the age of 66. Cooper ...

Barry Michael Cooper, who invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for his work on 'New Jack City' and 'Sugar Hill,' has died. He was 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” ...

“New Jack City” grossed nearly $50 million at the ... secured rapper Tupac Shakur amid the height of his popularity. The movie, directed by “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” co-creator Jeff ...