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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Writer, Dies at 66
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 the blaxploitation ’90s classic “ New Jack City ” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “ Above the Rim,” died in Baltimore, Md. The pair collaborated on the Netflix series adaptation of Lee’s debut feature “She’s Gotta Have It.” Cooper served as a producer for both seasons, and a write for three episodes. While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius” in 1987 that coined the name of a new hybrid of R&B and rap.
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