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

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is ...

Jack Cooper Transport Co. LLC is planning to lay off 89 employees and permanently close its plant in Wayne after losing a ...

Flora and her late husband, John “Jack” Cooper, welcomed their 6 “Cooper Jackrabbits,” who enjoyed a childhood filled with love and laughter. Flora was tragically widowed at just 39 years old.

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

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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,” ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and ...

"I was thinking about my songs, and there wasn’t anything that seemed quite right," said Lady Gaga while performing during the FireAid benefit concert at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Jan. 30.

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