# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boots-riley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:02.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boots-riley"
name: "Boots Riley"
slug: "boots-riley"
description: "Raymond Lawrence \"Boots\" Riley is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and filmmaker. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature film directorial debut as the writer and director of the science fiction dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You (2018), which originated from The Coup's 2012 album of the same name, and went on to create and direct the surrealist comedy series I'm a Virgo (2023) and the feature film I Love Boosters (2026). He is also known for his political activism."
tagline: "American rapper, filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boots_Riley_in_a_leather_jacket.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.8
  momentum:             10
  historical:           18.63542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BootsRiley"
    handle:    "BootsRiley"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/boots.riley"
    handle:    "boots.riley"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108556/"
    handle:    "nm1108556"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوتس رايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بوتس رايلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "بوتس رایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "بوتس رایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Райли, Бутс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%92_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جوتے ریلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6663c26b-e226-48b0-bb04-cc28b3d16538"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4944043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/930526"
    title: "Boots Riley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump