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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.
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.
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...
Jul 20, 2018 · 'Sorry to Bother You' writer and director Boots Riley talks about art as activism and how his dystopian fantasy of a movie is actually about optimism.
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.
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