Rickey Vincent is the author of Funk: The Music, The People, and the Rhythm of the One and has written for the Washington Post , American Legacy , and the Los Angeles Review of Books .
Boots Riley is a rapper, producer, activist, and the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club..
He teaches at the University of California-Berkeley.
Rickey Vincent is the author of Funk: The Music, The People, and the Rhythm of the One and has written for the Washington Post , American Legacy , and the Los Angeles Review of Books