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Public Enemy's Chuck D criticized the use of their song Burn Hollywood Burn amidst the growing Pacific Palisades wildfires spreading across Los Angeles.
After the wildfires broke out this week in LA's Pacific Palisades area, known for housing Hollywood elites and A-listers, social media users have used the protest song to celebrate the city's destruction. Public Enemy's Chuck D asked people to stop connecting the song to the natural disaster. In a social media statement, Chuck clarified the true meaning of the song, saying,
"Burn Hollywood Burn is a protest song. Extracted from the Watts Rebellion monikered by the Magnificient Montague in 1965 against inequality when he said 'burn baby burn' across the air. We made mind revolution songs aimed at a one sided explanation by a industry."
After his statement went viral on the internet, netizens took to his post's comment section surprised, allegedly calling social media users sensitive to associate the song with a natural disaster. Users also criticized the "tik tok" generation.
The song Burn Hollywood Burn is from Public Enemy's 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet featuring Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane.
"Has nothing to do with families, losing everything that they have in a natural disaster" - says Chuck D about the song Burn Hollywood Burn
While criticizing the use of his band Public Enemy's iconic song, Burn Hollywood Burn, for reels and content on the Pacific Palisades wildfire, Chuck D clarified the original meaning behind the song and noted that the song has no association with the natural disaster. In his social media statement, he added -
"Has nothing to do with families, losing everything that they have in a natural disaster. Learn the history. Godspeed to those in loss."
Chuck D, in the comment sections, requested people to not use their song on their reels and "pictures of this horrifying natural disaster."
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Pacific Palisades wildfire first broke out on January 7, sending residents into panic and causing celebs to evacuate their million-dollar estates. Celebrities who reported losing their homes in the fire include Leighton Meester, Adam Brody, Milo Ventimiglia, Miles Teller, Keleigh Teller, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Cameron Mathison, Anna Faris, and Paris Hilton. Some others, including Mario Lopez, Molly Sims, Kid Cudi, and Bebe Rexha, had to evacuate their homes as the fire continued to spread.
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