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Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and radical socialist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote.
Boots Riley was born on 1 April 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Sorry to Bother You (2018), I'm a Virgo (2023) and The Losers (2010).
Jun 23, 2023 · NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer, director, activist and hip-hop artist Boots Riley about his career and his new Prime Video series, I'm A Virgo.
Jul 2, 2018 · ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Director Boots Riley Was Hip-Hop Royalty for 25 Years, But Had to Hack the System to Make his First Film. The frontman for The Coup was a beloved cultural figure...
Jun 23, 2023 · Boots Riley shares his hopes for his genre-defying I'm a Virgo series — an anti-capitalist satire — that released on Prime Video in a Wired interview.
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Jun 24, 2023 · Imagine, for a moment, the alternate universe in which Boots Riley never became a rapper, writer, filmmaker or activist — never released windows-down, funk- and punk-infused hip-hop anthems that...
Jun 19, 2023 · The giant teenager in Boots Riley’s new series, “I’m a Virgo” is among television’s boldest moves in a while.
Boots Riley was born on April 1, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Sorry to Bother You (2018), I'm a Virgo (2023) and The Losers (2010).
Mar 24, 2020 · We revisit our conversation with the writer-director and rapper Boots Riley. He's a founding member of the legendary hip hop group The Coup.
Jun 23, 2023 · Boots Riley Radically Rethinks the Superhero. The Bay Area rapper and activist turned filmmaker brings his singular vision to prestige TV with the new series I’m a Virgo. By Eric Sullivan...
