Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

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Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind “New Jack ... “Growing up, my hero was the anti-hero in Leroy “Nicky” Barnes. I didn’t want to sell drugs; I wanted to dress like him ...

His work caught the eye of film producers who wanted to make a movie about drug kingpin Nicky Barnes. Cooper later served as the co-writer for the 1991 crime film “New Jack City,” starring ...

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