It’s been almost 30 years since rapper, actor, and activist Tupac Shakur was gunned down on a Las Vegas intersection in September 1996. The Poetic Justice star would succumb to his injuries on Sept.

Davis, 61, was charged with battery by prisoner on Sunday at the Clark County Detention Center — where he has been in custody ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.

THE Compton gangbanger accused of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been hit with a new charge after ...

The man accused of orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed hip hop icon Tupac Shakur is now facing an additional battery charge.

“Sugar Hill” was also written by Cooper as was 1994’s “Above The Rim,” which starred Tupac Shakur and Duane Martin. Cooper ...

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Journalist and author Barry Michael Cooper attends The Paley Center For Media Presents "Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop & the Crack Generation">> at The Paley Center for ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and director was behind the films New Jack City, Above the Rim and Sugar Hill, died Wednesday at 66.

“Above the Rim,” Cooper’s third film, premiered in 1994 and starred Duane Martin, Leon, Tonya Pinkins, Bernie Mac and even secured rapper Tupac Shakur amid the height of his popularit ...

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.

Adapted from a story by Benny Medina, Above the Rim was directed by Jeff Pollack and notably starred rapper Tupac Shakur as well as Duane Martin, Marlon Wayans, and Leon. The film, about a rising ...