Boots Riley

Boots Riley
Riley in 2010
Riley in 2010
Background information
Birth nameRaymond Lawrence Riley
Born (1971-04-01) April 1, 1971 (age 54)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OriginOakland, California, U.S.
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Years active1991–present
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WebsiteBoots Riley on Tumblr

Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist.[1][2] 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 (2018), which he also wrote.[3] In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.

  1. ^ "Boots Riley on How His Hit Movie "Sorry to Bother You" Slams Capitalism & Offers Solutions". Democracy Now!. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lewis, Haley. 2018, July 13. "'The world was making my movie too on the nose': Boots Riley on his directorial debut." CBC News.

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