Chuck D sent a message that was full of disappointment to the people who have used one of his songs to soundtrack videos of the devastation caused by the Los Angeles wildfires .
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.”…