[Ppnews] The Coup's Boots Riley Charged With Public Profanity

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The Coup's Boots Riley Charged With Public Profanity

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7178/title.the-coups-boots-riley-charged-with-public-profanity

June 24th, 2008 | Author: Jake Paine

Less than a week after his taped interview with activist and 
revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal 
[<http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7167/title.the-coups-boots-riley-interviews-mumia-abu-jamal>click 
to read], The Coup's Boots Riley was charged by Norfolk, Virginia 
Police for using profanity in public. The veteran emcee was 
performing with Anti/Epitaph Records label-mates, New Orleans Funk 
band Galactic at Bayou Boogaloo Music Festival in downtown Norfolk.

Saturday evening's performance drew complaints from audience members. 
The festival organizer Festevents, has pressed subsequent charges 
against Boots, and listed the following statement on their website, 
"To those who attended The Bayou Boogaloo Galactic concert Saturday 
night, we regret that our guests were exposed to profanity used 
during the performance. Appropriate action was taken to end the 
concert immediately and the musician responsible has been charged 
with abusive language by the Norfolk Police Department. This type of 
behavior is not tolerated by Norfolk Festevents and we sincerely 
apologize for this incident."

Neither Boots, nor his label has yet to release a statement on the 
matter. The Coup's last album was 2006's Pick A Bigger Weapon 
[<http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.633/title.the-coup-pick-a-bigger-weapon>click 
to read].




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