The Public Enemy frontman shared his criticism on Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 9. 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 protest song,” the hip hop star’s message began. “Extracted from the Watts Rebellion monikered by the Magnificent Montague in 1965 against inequality when he said ‘burn baby burn’ across the air.”
"Godspeed to those in loss,” he wrote to conclude his message. Chuck D, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2013 as a member of Public Enemy, also included a caption for the post that briefly addressed those impacted by the wildfires, writing, “PRAY 4 LA??.”
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said more than 90 wildfires broke out across the state in the first 10 days of 2025. The active fires that were most destructive as of Friday were the Palisades Fire, which ignited on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and the nearby Eaton Fire in Altadena, which also started on Tuesday. The Palisades Fire had burned more than 21,300 acres and the Eaton Fire had burned more than 13,600 acres as of 3:30 p.m. local time on Friday, the state agency reported.
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