New Jack City Eats Its Young.” Another one of Cooper’s popular pieces was “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius.” The 1987 article detailed how Teddy Riley and ...

With New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim ... In 1987, Cooper wrote the article “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius,” which coined the term “New Jack ...