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<h1><b>The Coup's Boots Riley Charged With Public Profanity
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</a>June 24th, 2008 | Author: Jake Paine<br><br>
Less than a week after his taped interview with activist and
revolutionary <b>Mumia Abu-Jamal</b>
[<a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7167/title.the-coups-boots-riley-interviews-mumia-abu-jamal">
click to read</a>], <b>The Coup</b>'s <b>Boots Riley</b> was charged by
Norfolk, Virginia Police for using profanity in public. The veteran emcee
was performing with <b>Anti</b>/<b>Epitaph Records</b> label-mates, New
Orleans Funk band <b>Galactic</b> at <b>Bayou Boogaloo Music Festival</b>
in downtown Norfolk. <br><br>
Saturday evening's performance drew complaints from audience members. The
festival organizer <b>Festevents</b>, has pressed subsequent charges
against <b>Boots</b>, and listed the following statement on their
website, "<i>To those who attended <b>The Bayou Boogaloo
Galactic</b> 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 <b>Norfolk Police
Department</b>. This type of behavior is not tolerated by <b>Norfolk
Festevents</b> and we sincerely apologize for this
incident.</i>"<br><br>
Neither <b>Boots</b>, nor his label has yet to release a statement on the
matter. <b>The Coup</b>'s last album was 2006's <i>Pick A Bigger
Weapon</i>
[<a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.633/title.the-coup-pick-a-bigger-weapon">
click to read</a>]. <br><br>
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