1. John Cooper a Hip Hop artist based out of Texas part of the Authentic Lifestyles Movement 2. John Cooper (c. 1570 – 1626), also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an English composer, viol player and lutenist. 1. John Cooper is a Hip Hop artist raised out of El Paso, Texas and now part of a movement he and his brother are calling Authentic Lifestyles. Suffering from anxiety in his late teens to early twenties left him searching for an outlet to release all this pent up creative energy.