Barry Michael Cooper revealed the surprising story behind Pookie’s casting in New Jack City – a tale of brilliant auditions, unexpected tragedy, and cinematic redemption. Since 1998 ...
After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...
Among his many projects, Cooper wrote New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock. In 1994, he also wrote Sugar Hill and Above the Rim, starring Tupac Shakur. Cooper work ...
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. ...
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation '90s classic "New Jack City" and finished his "Harlem trilogy" writing "Sugar Hill" and "Above the Rim," died in Baltimore, ...