Boots Riley
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April 1, 1971
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Boots Riley Bio
Boots Riley is an American rapper, screenwriter, producer and film director. He was born Raymond Lawrence Riley on the 1st of April, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. He started his musical career in 1991, when he founded the political hip-hop band The Coup, alongside E-roc, Mopreme Shakur a.k.a. Mocedes and Spice 1. They released their debut album “Kill my Landlord” in 1993 and a year later, they released their second album “Genocide & Juice” which received radio broadcast. Their fourth album “Party Music” was released in 2001 and it was a wide success, reaching number 8 in the Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll, as well as being named “Hip Hop Album Of The Year” by Rolling Stone. Riley has also created the Mau Mau Rhythm Collective. He has toured alongside the band Galactic and Ursus Minor. In 2017, he wrote, produced and directed the movie “Sorry to Bother You” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
