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Chuck D Defends Bob Vylan’s Controversial Glastonbury Set: ‘We Have to Be Able to Fight for Peace & Love’

Chuck D is defending Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury set.

While talking with The Independent for an interview published July 6 to promote Public Enemy ‘s latest album, Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025, he commented on the controversy surrounding the band after its Glastonbury performance, during which the group chanted “Free Palestine” and “Death to the IDF” while also displaying a graphic that read “United Nations have called it a genocide. Bobby Vylan stood by the group’s performance and released a lengthy statement on his Instagram June 29 with the caption, “I said what I said.” In the post, he talked about a conversation he had with his daughter about the food offered at her school and how she wanted “healthier meals, more options, and dishes inspired by other parts of the world.” As we grow older and our fire possibly starts to dim under the suffocation of adult life and all its responsibilities, it is incredibly important that we inspire future generations to pick up the torch that was passed to us.”

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