[youtube id=”enH3xA4mYcY”] Boots Riley of Oakland’s legendary hip-hop group The Coup has directed his debut film Sorry To Bother You. Riley wrote the screenplay starring Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius Green who learns to become a successful telemarketer by sounding like a white man on the phone. The movie’s cast is rounded out by Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews and more. The film screened at Sundance this year and was one of the most-talked-about projects. Sorry To Bother You will enter the theaters July 6th. 

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Minneapolis rapper Muja Messiah raps about the politics of American money with Brother Ali and Boots Riley on “Pocket Full Of Slave Owners.”
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Boots Riley upheld The Coup’s longtime politics and made an appearance at Occupy Oakland on October 13th.