But you know, people ask me all the time, ‘Who’s the hardest player?’ And I always say him, because I played against Michael ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for his work on 'New Jack City' and 'Sugar Hill,' has died. He was 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote ... at The Village Voice beforehand — a tenure that produced the 1989 cover story “Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind “New Jack ... Cooper worked as an investigative journalist at The Village Voice from 1980 to 1989. During his tenure, he was the first to uncover ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper ... on a Medium page created by Cooper to house his articles). His 1989 investigative reporting ...

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no ...

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

Michael Cooper, a 75-year-old inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, died on February 4, 2025, at a local hospital, according ...

Rick Bauer: Curly Lambeau coached Green Bay to three straight championships. They named a stadium after him. Vince Lombardi ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay ... Cooper was a music critic for The Village Voice between 1980 and 1989. He also penned the piece “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing ...