The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.
Teddy Riley, the king of new jack swing, is set to release his memoir, Remember The Times. The title is a reference to Remember The Time, a track from Michael Jackson’s 1991 album, Dangerous ...
He invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill'.
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who worked on several classic New York films, has died at the age of 66. Cooper ...
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. He was 66.
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Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his ...