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Chuck D Slams Misuse of Public Enemy’s ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ in L.A. Wildfire Videos
Chuck D called on people to stop pairing Los Angeles wildfires videos with Public Enemy’s "Burn Hollywood Burn" on social media.
Released on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group’s Fear of a Black Planet, “Burn Hollywood Burn” was a protest anthem aimed at the film and television industry’s stereotyping of Black roles — “In the movies portraying the roles/Of butlers and maids, slaves and hoes/Many intelligent Black men seemed/To look uncivilized when on the screen,” guest Big Daddy Kane rapped on the track — as well as racial profiling in the Hollywood area itself. More than 10,000 structures are thought to have burned down in multiple fires around the Los Angeles area, including in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena. Chuck D added in the comments of his statement, “PRAY 4 LA,” and reiterated, “Please don’t use our song on your reels and pictures of this horrifying natural disaster.”
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