
Boots Riley
The Coup
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Emerging from a family of civil-rights activists, Riley grew up in Chicago, Detroit and Oakland, where his high-school years sparked a lifelong commitment to protest and political organizing, including early involvement with anti-racist and labor groups. He co-founded the politically charged hip-hop collective The Coup in 1991, steering its lyrical direction and production across seminal releases…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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