Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for his work on 'New Jack City' and 'Sugar Hill,' has died. He was 66.

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.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

Barry Michael Cooper, the esteemed journalist-turned-screenwriter who helped define an era of Black cinema, has sadly passed away at the age of 66. His cause of death has not been disclosed.

Barry Michael Cooper, who passed away on January 21 in Baltimore at age 66, left behind an enduring legacy of storytelling that shaped Hip-Hop cinema and inspired countless creators.

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the seminal crime dramas New Jack City and Above the Rim, has died. He was 66. Cooper also wrote episodes of Netflix's 'She's Gotta Have It' series. ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the prolific writer and producer behind the classic Harlem trilogy New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim, died at age 66. Cooper died in Baltimore, Maryland, on ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter who penned screenplays for New Jack City and other notable Black films, has died. Prior to his screenwriting success in the 1990s, Cooper was a music critic ...