Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.

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

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

The screenwriter behind 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill,' 'Above the Rim,' and Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It' TV series died on Tuesday in Baltimore at 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best ... he coined the term “New Jack Swing” to refer to the then-nascent genre of R&B music fused with hip hop popularized by producer Teddy ...

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 ... as well as music criticism. While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius” in 1987 that coined the name of ...

Barry Michael Cooper ... that coined the name of a new hybrid of R&B and rap. He moved to Baltimore following his screenwriting run in the ’90s. Cooper is survived by his son, Matthew.

Hollywood writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper, who scripted a string of beloved ... as an exponent of the 'new jack swing' strain of R&B, with songs including I'm Dreamin' by Christopher ...