The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper,

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

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,