New Jack Scribe: The Brilliance of Barry Michael Cooper
The news of Barry Michael Cooper passing away on Wednesday in Baltimore reverberated throughout cultural corners and cut deep for anyone who’d read his writing or watched the classic films borne of his screenplays, like New Jack Cityor Above the Rim. The gifts of Barry Michael Cooper never “hid in plain sight”—they were quite obvious to anyone touched by his work and his words.Cooper was a Harlem product, born and raised. He cut his teeth as a music critic and […]