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 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. ...

The first, “New Jack City” (1991), about a ruthless uptown drug lord (Wesley Snipes), presaged a wave of films from Black directors and screenwriters that touched on gang life in the 1990s.

The writer and producer behind classic Black films like "New Jack City" and "Above the Rim" passed away at age 66. Cooper made his directorial debut in 2005 with Blood on the Wall$, a low-budget ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above The Rim.” Cooper, who moved to Baltimore in the mid 1980s, passed away on January 21 ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films "New Jack City," "Above the Rim" and "Sugar Hill," has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson for the ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind movies like 1991's New Jack City, has died. He was 66. The Maryland Chief Examiner's Office confirmed Cooper's death to PEOPLE on Thursday ...

He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim, Cooper created a “Harlem trilogy” that defined an era of urban ...