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 ...

As well as from music journalism, Cooper also made his ... a producer on the show and also wrote three episodes. Barry Michael Cooper wrote the ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ season-two episode ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem ... The sound would come to define that of urban music in the late 80s and early 90s; Riley’s ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ... Before his screenwriting career, Cooper’s journalist bylines included Spin Magazine, as well as music criticism. While ...

He invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill'.

As it turns out, artists do not get paid for the Super Bowl Halftime Show—at least not by the NFL. The NFL does, however, ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay ... Prior to his screenwriting success in the 1990s, Cooper was a music critic for The Village Voice between 1980 and 1989.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote ... Cooper’s journalist bylines included Spin Magazine, as well as music criticism. While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled ...

Hollywood writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper ... Prior to his work in the entertainment industry, Cooper was a music critic and then an investigative reporter for The Village Voice in ...

He also coined the term “New Jack Swing,” a name that defined a fusion of R&B and Hip-Hop music in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Barry Michael Cooper continued to expand his influence as a ...

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will face off in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday night, with a host of ...