With wildfires continuing to wreak havoc on Southern California, Chuck D is denouncing a gross misinterpretation of his work.

Chuck D is dispelling assumptions about the 1990 "Fear of a Black Planet" single featuring Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane.

American rapper Chuck D has criticised the use of the Public Enemy track Burn Hollywood Burn, which he said has nothing to do with families losing “everything” during the Los Angeles blazes.

Chuck D is asking people not to use the Public Enemy song "Burn Hollywood Burn" to celebrate those who have lost their homes in LA wildfires.

It has nothing to do with families losing everything they have in a natural disaster. Learn the history,” the hip-hop says of the politically charged track.

As the frontman of Public Enemy, arguably one of the most important groups of the past 35 years, he played a huge part in pioneering a new wave of rap music that was both musically and politically ...

Fiery and idealistic, their music nonetheless seemed alien to a hip-hop fan in Long Island... until Chuck D's friend Bill Stephney told him Public Enemy should be the rap equivalent of The Clash.