He was 66. In Black pop cultural circles, 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 ...

Before Hollywood, Cooper was an investigative journalist at The Village Voice, where he exposed the realities of urban America. His 1989 article, “Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young ...

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Prior to his screenwriting success in the 1990s, Cooper was a music critic for The Village Voice between 1980 and 1989. He also penned the piece “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

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

It rang strong, new jack.” Mr. Cooper again invoked the term in 1988 with “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing,” an article in The Voice in which he gave a name to the blend of hip-hop ...

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 ...

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 ...