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Boots Riley
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<p>Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American <a href="/facts/Film_director/IlmswLJh">film director</a>, <a href="/facts/Hip_hop_production/BI7AqX6J">producer</a>, <a href="/facts/Screenwriter/nM1nfAto">screenwriter</a>, <a href="/facts/Rapper/I61JCune">rapper</a>, and <a href="/facts/Communism/PkUwa9xK">communist</a> <a href="/facts/Activism/SCUlsxxH">activist</a>. He is the lead vocalist of <a href="/facts/The_Coup/XrVqD8bC">The Coup</a> and <a href="/facts/Street_Sweeper_Social_Club/kDr7vqaH">Street Sweeper Social Club</a>. He made his feature-film directorial debut with <i><a href="/facts/Sorry_to_Bother_You/1D1qRYc6">Sorry to Bother You</a></i> (2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show <i><a href="/facts/I%2527m_a_Virgo/rG0K8ejS">I'm a Virgo</a></i> premiered, which Riley wrote and directed. </p>