Chuck D Upset About the Misuse of Public Enemy's 'Burn Hollywood Burn' amid L.A. Wildfires: 'Please Don't Use Our Song'
After the wildfires broke out earlier this week, social media users have used the protest song to celebrate the city's destruction. In response, the Chuck D asked social media users to stop ...
The Root5d
The Horrific Reason This Public Enemy's Hit Is Trending and Why Chuck D Wants It To Stop
Chuck D took to Instagram to explain the origins of the 1990 "protest song,'' and that it has nothing to do with the devastating wildfires.
EURweb on MSN4h
Chuck D of Public Enemy Condemns Misuse of ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ In Wildfire Videos
Chuck D of Public Enemy has criticized the misuse of the group’s 1990 song “Burn Hollywood Burn” in videos highlighting the ...
Chuck D tells fans to stop using Public Enemy's 'Burn Hollywood Burn' in videos depicting L.A. wildfires
The rapper said the 1990 protest song "has nothing to do with families losing everything they have in a natural disaster" and ...
Madlib’s Home Was Lost To LA Wildfires, Along With ‘Decades Of Music’ And Equipment
The producer, who has worked with such names as Freddie Gibbs, Mac Miller, MF DOOM, and more, announced the loss in a ...
Public Enemy’s “Burn Hollywood Burn” Doesn’t Mean What TikTokers Think It Means
Chuck D is dispelling assumptions about the 1990 "Fear of a Black Planet" single featuring Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane.
TheWrap6d
Public Enemy’s Chuck D Says ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ Should Not Be Used to Celebrate LA Wildfires
“Burn Hollywood Burn is a protest song,” the rapper wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday, explaining that the phrase, uttered by KGFJ Los Angeles DJ Magnificent Montague, dates back to 1965.
Yahoo6d
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Expresses Disappointment With Use of His 'Protest Song' in Videos of LA Fires: 'Learn the History'
As the 64-year-old rapper noted, the lyrics for the song “Burn Hollywood Burn” from the group’s 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet were never meant to be literal. “Burn Hollywood Burn is a ...
AOL4d
Stop using Public Enemy’s ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ on videos of ‘horrific’ LA fires, pleads Chuck D
Public Enemy rapper Chuck D has pleaded with social media users to stop using the group’s 1990 song “Burn Hollywood Burn” on videos of the wildfires that are ripping across California.