When a bright-eyed, 17 year-old Michael Imperioli first moved to New York City in the early ’80s, just as he was beginning to find his footing in East Village’s buzzing arts scene, he strolled ...

A dangerous street drug called “New Jack City” is hitting Baltimore and may be tied to last week’s mass overdose, according to police sources and community members familiar with the city's ...

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Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind movies like 1991's New Jack City, has died. He was 66. The Maryland Chief Examiner's Office confirmed Cooper's death to PEOPLE on Thursday, Jan. 23 ...

A live stage play of the cult classic 1991 film New Jack City is coming to stages around the country in November and the internet has mixed feelings about the revival of the beloved movie. On ...

At the same time "New Jack City" hit theaters, Naughty by Nature was hitting the charts. The year was 1991, and hip-hop was beginning to impact the mainstream in a major way.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer and promoter Je’Caryous Johnson, best known for stage productions of seminal Black films like New Jack City and Set It Off, is launching a film studio. Je’Caryous Johnson ...

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 ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for his work on 'New Jack City' and 'Sugar Hill,' has died. He was 66.