Nick Cooper
American celebrity vocal and performance coach who has worked with Beyoncé and Usher
Nick Cooper (American celebrity vocal and performance coach who has worked with Beyoncé and Usher) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Fame, Vocal coaching, Grief.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Fame
Cooper says he declined Oprah Winfrey's offer of his own TV show because it did not match his vision.
“But I turned it down because Oprah offered me an incredible opportunity that wasn't my vision”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 41:37
Cooper says he left pursuing his own artist career after a Motown and Virgin label head criticized his image.
“I got my first record deal with Motown and Virgin. It was incredible”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 25:52
Cooper says he has never drunk alcohol or used drugs despite working in Hollywood.
“I've never drank. I've never done a drug in my life ever”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 11:36
Cooper says his work with stars centers on freeing them from needing external validation.
“So I teach stars or creatives to walk away from the need of a yes outside of them”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 10:59
Vocal coaching
Cooper says discipline is the one quality he cannot teach after decades of coaching.
“Discipline is the one gift bestowed upon people who want to go after this dream”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:40
Cooper recounts being hired to teach and arrange three songs for Beyoncé's Academy Awards performance, including singing in French.
“I had to teach her three songs, had to arrange them for the Oscars”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 27:45
Grief
Cooper recounts that his father, before dying, told him it was his turn to maximize his own gifts.
“son, you've worked with all these amazing people, but it's your turn. It's your turn”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:55
Mentorship
Cooper says his mentor produced nearly eight of Michael Jackson's greatest hits.
“My mentor produced almost eight of his greatest hits”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 59:03
Beat It
Cooper claims a person's favorite song reveals who they are, tying Shalaby's choice of 'Beat It' to his critics.
“You show me any artist or person who tells me their favorite song, and I'll tell you exactly who you are as a person”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:59
Resilience
Cooper holds that becoming extraordinary is a deliberately built process rather than something that happens naturally.
“I truly believe that if one wants to become extraordinary, the process of becoming extraordinary isn't something that just happens”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 49:57
Artificial intelligence
Cooper argues that tools like Suno and Auto-Tune can make anyone sound polished while masking whether they have real passion.
“So you can go on stage and actually perform and sound like amazing, like all the incredible people that are really doing it”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 43:40
Children and screen time
Cooper argues that devices expose children to adult narratives too early, which is why his home has none.
“I believe that today we're in a time where devices are teaching narratives of life prematurely”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 23:17
Fatherhood
Cooper says he aims to be a father to his daughters rather than their friend.
“I'm not interested in being my kids' friends. I really want to be a dad, and I want them to know that”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 21:26
Communication skills
Cooper contends that mastery over language is one of the greatest human gifts and drives success.
“I believe that one of the greatest gifts as a human you could have is mastery over language”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 7:03
Mirror therapy and positive self-talk
Cooper argues that a person's most important performance is the one given to themselves in the mirror each morning.
“I believe that the greatest performance one will ever have will be in front of the mirror, not in front of an audience”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322 (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 3:22
Appearances
Beyoncé and Usher’s Secret Coach | Nick Cooper | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 322Coffeez with Joe Shalaby · Oct 22, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Celebrity performance coach Nick Cooper tells Joe Shalaby about his mirror ritual, coaching Beyoncé, screen-free parenting, turning down Oprah, and his father's final words.
Often appears with
- Joe Shalaby · 1 shared episode