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Weekly Music News: The Coup's Boots Riley

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Weekly Music News: The Coups Boots Riley
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The Coup's Boots Riley on Political Art and the Importance of Needing to Get Laid

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Amelia Kennedy
The Coup is an anomaly in the small world of socially conscious hip-hop. This radical Oakland group, led by the activist and rapper Boots Riley, makes music that is both politically charged and fun. The Coup is dead serious about its desire for revolution, yet its albums, like last year's excellent Sorry to Bother You, fit naturally at a rowdy party. How this works is one of the things we wanted to find out when we met Riley, 42, for coffee in Oakland one afternoon. He came late, held up in h... Read More >>

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