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 ...

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

Jeff Pollack, the director for favored Hip-Hop movies, Above the Rim and Booty Call as well as a producer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has died at the age of 54.

The sound would come to define that of urban music in the late 80s and early ... “Sugar Hill” was also written by Cooper as was 1994’s “Above The Rim,” which starred Tupac Shakur and ...

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 ...

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