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 ...
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 ...
There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” ...
My father’s work was more than entertainment—it was a reflection of real life, a voice for the unheard, and a legacy that will continue to inspire...” — Matthew Cooper, Son of Barry Michael Cooper NEW ...
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Black Celebs We Lost In 2025It would not be possible for Black people to be celebrated the way we are today without those who paved the way before us, ...
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Hip-Hop Community Mourns Death of Influential Journalist & Screenwriter Barry Michael CooperBarry Michael Cooper, the journalist who coined the term "New Jack Swing" to describe the music Teddy Riley was making during the '80s and wrote the screenplays for influential movies like New ...
As the two wage war against each other, director Mario Van Peebles, working off a script by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry ...
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