Public Enemy’s Taste Flav and Chuck D go to households who misplaced their houses within the L.A. Wildfires

Taste Flav and Chuck D of Public Enemy have been visiting households who have been displaced by the current Los Angeles wildfires.

The 2 rappers are elevating cash with the BMAC (Black Music Motion Coalition), with Flav initially teaming up with them to launch a GoFundMe web page to learn displaced Black households in Pasadena and Altadena.

“There’s not sufficient being achieved for the Black households and the communities,” he wrote on social media saying the partnership. “Come on, y’all. Let’s make L.A. robust, child. Let’s assist these in want.”

Now, they’ve visited Altadena alongside BMAC founder Prophet, to satisfy the households that misplaced their houses within the fires that passed off in early January. A video shared on the organisation’s social media reveals them hugging these impacted by the catastrophe and listening to their tales, together with a younger boy named Grayson, who tells the rappers that his drum set was destroyed within the fireplace.

“This was positively wanted,” Flav says within the clip. “I’m honoured to be right here. My coronary heart goes out to everyone that misplaced houses, pets, all of that stuff. Companies and every thing.”

Public Enemy then carried out at BMAC’s ReStore & ReBuild fundraiser live performance on Thursday (January 29), the place they rapped ‘Combat the Energy’ and offered Grayson and his mom with $5,000, per Variety.

Watch the clips under.

In January, Chuck D hit out at these utilizing Public Enemy‘s ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ to have a good time the disastrous LA wildfires.

“‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ is a protest track extracted from the Watts insurrection monikered by the magnificent Montague in 1965 in opposition to inequality when he mentioned ‘burn child burn’ throughout the air. We made mind-revolution songs geared toward a one-sided exploitation by an business.”

He added that the monitor “has nothing to do with households dropping every thing they've in a pure catastrophe. Be taught the historical past. Godspeed to these in loss.”

FireAid, a live performance to lift funds for aid efforts, passed off on Thursday (January 30), and noticed the likes of Girl Gaga, Rod Stewart, Katy Perry, Joni Mitchell, Pink Scorching Chili Peppers, Sting, Stevie Nicks, Gracie Abrams, Olivia Rodrigo and Peso Pluma carry out.

Earlier, Billie Eilish and Inexperienced Day teamed up for a reside rendition of ‘Final Night time On Earth’ on the venue, and the surviving members of Nirvana – Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear additionally made a shock look on the Kia Discussion board.

The trio carried out Nirvana cuts ‘Breed’ with St. Vincent on vocals, ‘Faculty’ with Kim Gordon and ‘Territorial Pissings’ with Joan Jett whereas Grohl’s daughter Violet took the mic for ‘All Apologies’.

Many musicians stepped as much as assist out the affected communities within the aftermath of the fires. Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD basis donated $2.5million to assist to aid efforts. Paris Hilton additionally launched a fund for households displaced by the fires, pledging $100,000 and promised to match as much as $100,000 in donations. Dave Grohl additionally spent his birthday making meals for households that had been affected.