Inset: Barry Michael Cooper in 2011. Left and right: Two of Cooper's cover stories for the Voice. John W. Ferguson/Getty Images; Village Voice Archive John W. Ferguson/Getty Images; Village Voice ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films "New Jack City," "Above the Rim" and "Sugar Hill," has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson for the ...

Review: Logan Lerman & Molly Gordon's Romantic Getaway Goes Wrong In Sophie Brooks' Rom-Com -- Sundance Film Festival “Barry Cooper is an expert at hiding drugs, evading police, and raising hell!” ...

By Alex Williams Barry Michael Cooper, who was one of the first journalists to explore the crack epidemic of the 1980s before turning to Hollywood, where he made his mark with screenplays for ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter turned screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson ...

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.