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.

A high-ranking Harlem drug dealer decides to quit the business and start over in North Carolina with his girlfriend. However, his disapproving brother, having worked alongside him every step of ...

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Cooper is the first African American screenwriter in history to have two films “Sugar Hill” and “Above The ... Men’s Style feature on legendary Harlem couturier Daniel “Dapper Dan ...

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

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his ...