The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no ...

Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...

Cooper was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” in a 1988 profile for “The Village Voice” on Teddy Riley. The sound would come to define that of urban music in the late 80s ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” ...

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

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 ...

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.

Female pop stars are taking the Grammy Awards by storm this year, and as they vie for wins in marquee categories, many ...

Blake Lively is at war with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni as they battle lawsuits. But the actress has a lot more ...

Before his screenwriting career, Cooper’s journalist bylines included Spin Magazine, as well as music criticism. While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...