{"id":224239,"date":"2026-02-26T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=224239"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:13:32","slug":"teddy-riley-chops-it-up-on-sways-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/teddy-riley-chops-it-up-on-sways-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Riley chops it up on SWAY&#8217;S UNIVERSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZWHcJ6iu7EY?si=8bg8DCuQXbalQvNV\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Step into the world of music history with this exclusive Sway In The Morning interview featuring the legendary <strong>Teddy Riley<\/strong>! Known as the pioneer of New Jack Swing and a multi-platinum producer, Teddy shares untold stories about working with<strong> Michael Jackson<\/strong>,<strong> Whitney Houston<\/strong>,<strong> Bobby Brown<\/strong>, and <strong>Janet Jackson<\/strong>. He opens up about his journey from Harlem projects to global fame, his groundbreaking collaborations with K-pop groups like <strong>EXO<\/strong> and<strong> Girls Generation<\/strong>, and the emotional moments behind his new memoir, &#8220;Remember the Times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"224240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/teddy-riley-chops-it-up-on-sways-universe\/teddy-riley-sways-universe-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Teddy Riley SWAY&amp;#8217;S UNIVERSE thumbnail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail-540x304.avif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail-1024x576.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-224240\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail.avif 1280w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail-540x304.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Teddy-Riley-SWAYS-UNIVERSE-thumbnail-768x432.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step into the world of music history with this exclusive Sway In The Morning interview&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-WkL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}