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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 ...

Writer Barry Michael Cooper conceived the film after visiting Detroit and discovering the gang's activities. Vanessa Estelle Williams was cast as Keisha in New Jack City. Her character was among ...

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 ...

Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper has died in Baltimore, Maryland. Cooper wrote a series of iconic 1990s movies, including New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock, Above The ...

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 ...