Flavor Flav Starts Fundraiser to Help Black Families Displaced by L.A. Wildfires: ‘Not Enough Is Being Done’

Flavor Flav is helping to make Los Angeles strong.

On Monday, Jan. 20, the rapper, 65, announced that he was partnering with GoFundMe and the Black Music Action Coalition to “immediately help” Black families displaced by the Eaton Fire in the Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods in L.A.

“So many of y’all have helped in the aftermath of the L.A. fires…so many of y’all have received help. But there’s SO MANY more that REALLY need your help,” he captioned the Instagram video. “It’s been inspiring to see so many people come together as one to lift each other up, and I just want to highlight one aspect of the larger LA community in dire need.”

“Not enough is being done for the Black families and community in the aftermath of the California fires,” the Public Enemy member continued. “I urge not only Black artists and musicians and creators, but EVERYONE to come together and continue to help those in still in desperate need.”

The GoFundMe, which has currently raised nearly $40,000, is meant to amplify “the collective efforts to generate funds in support of Black families as they navigate displacement, loss of income, grief [and] essential needs in the short-term as they seek to rebuild.”

The fundraiser is sourcing recipients from a consolidated list entitled Displaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory organized by Community Aid Dena, AFROPUNK and WalkGood LA.

“The Black community in Altadena shares a rich, historic, and resilient legacy, one spanning multiple generations,” the fundraiser explained. “They paved a way for themselves through the Great Migration, segregation, redlining, and more to establish a community where their families could build, grow, and celebrate life together. Now, generations later they face an unimaginable tragedy brought on by the LA county wildfires.”

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This isn’t the first time Flav has made efforts to help those impacted by the L.A. wildfires. Recently, he promoted music by Leighton Meester and Heidi Montag Pratt on social media after both artists lost their homes in the fires.