Boots Riley stays true to his own voice with the Sundance premiere 'Sorry to Bother You'
Boots Riley isn't into biting his tongue. As the frontman of the socially conscious hip-hop group the Coup since 1991, with witty, searing criticism of sociopolitical issues weaved into his lyrics, he never does. But as a member of the rap rock supergroup Street Sweeper Social Club, which was formed in 2006 along with guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, he was forced to collaborate. Although he doesn't regret the experience, he admits that following that venture, which ended in 2010, he "wasn't as excited about making music."
"I think that I got ... not uninspired, but I didn't feel as connected to it," he said, "because with the Coup, it's all my vision. For being someone who talks about social change and stuff, it's hard to collaborate with people (and
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