Remembering new jack swing: Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Guy dominated 'mix of everything that was great about Black culture'
"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...
Hip-Hop Community Mourns Death of Influential Journalist & Screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper
Barry Michael Cooper, who invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill,’ has died.
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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Writer, Dies at 66
During his time at The Village Voice, Cooper wrote a piece about rising R&B producer and singer Teddy Riley in October 1987. The piece, titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a ...
Babyface diss: How the superstar artist responded to Grammy red carpet offense
A reporter cuts off music legend Babyface mid-sentence during Grammy Award livestream to flag down pop star Chappell Roan and ...
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Edward Theodore "Teddy" Riley
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