"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

a writer who penned the screenplay for New Jack City and reportedly coined the phrase “New Jack Swing,” has died. Barry Michael Cooper’s other works include writings in The Village Voice and ...

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael ...

Keith Sweat, the King of New Jack Swing returns with the sensational new single titled Lay You Down. The long-awaited return of the R&B legend has finally arrived in the form of new music and new ...

While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius” in 1987 that coined the name of a new hybrid of R&B and rap. He moved to ...

The piece, titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius,” captured a star on his meteoric rise to the top but also coined the term “new jack swing” that defined ...