Barry Michael Cooper (left) and on the New Jack City set with Wesley Snipes and Allen Payne (right) Without Barry Michael Cooper, there would be no: a) genre named "New Jack Swing" b) song called "New Jack Swing" c) movie called New Jack City (he wrote the screenplay - and much of it was based on his journalism)d) breakthrough roles for Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock and Ice-T … [Read more...] about The Man who named “New Jack Swing” – Barry Michael Cooper Interview (Part 1)
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NJS4E: Celebrating New Jack Swing from 2001 to the present and beyond…
Starting on Angelfire in December 2001, Njs4ever.com has been celebrating New Jack Swing for nearly 20 years. NJS4E is currently thriving on Facebook, and appreciation for the New Jack Swing era is as strong as ever. In October 2020, Hulu will debut a horror-comedy film called Bad Hair set in 1989 "right when New Jack Swing is making Black music pop for the first time," and in … [Read more...] about NJS4E: Celebrating New Jack Swing from 2001 to the present and beyond…