Barry Michael Cooper, the esteemed journalist-turned ... One of his standout pieces, “New Jack City Eats Its Young”-which would go on to inspire the film New Jack City-chronicled the crack ...

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Barry Michael Cooper, a talented writer and producer ... His most notable works include “New Jack City,” starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock, which offered a gritty look at the drug trade ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist who coined the term ... 80s and wrote the screenplays for influential movies like New Jack City featuring Wesley Snipes' iconic role as Nino Brown, Above ...

Barry Michael Cooper, best known for his work on the 1990s movie New Jack City, has died, per TMZ. He was 66. According to ...

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

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Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter best known for his work in New Jack City and Above the Rim, died on Wednesday, Jan. 22. He was 66. According to Variety, Cooper's death was confirmed by a ...

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 ...