Abe Beame presents a definitive playlist for Boots Riley's rap group, The Coup.
Harold Stallworth feels like a black republican. Boots Riley, the afro sporting, blackfist wielding frontman for The Coup, has always defied the notion that politically-charged rap requires a certain level of compromise—a willingness to serve the medicine with a generous side of corn syrup. In their heyday, which lasted through the better part of the […]