"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

But just because a group doesn’t record together anymore, does that mean they’re done? Not usually. Usually, groups can reunite every now and then for a tour. But not CMB. Why?

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

Nelson said: "Barry helped define pop culture in the '80s and '90s with his early reporting on crack, by naming Teddy Riley's sound 'new jack swing' and writing star vehicles for Wesley Snipes ('New ...

He was 66. In Black pop cultural circles, Cooper was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” in a 1988 profile ...

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.

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

During this time, he wrote his book Teddy Riley's New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius on the life of the two-time Grammy winner. New Jack Swing defines the music of Teddy Riley from ...

Ibarra picked up a minor citation in New York for operating a scooter without a license and, later, a shoplifting case in Georgia about four months before Riley died. Last year Gallego’s ...

Barry Michael Cooper, who invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill,’ has died.