Musicians will.i.am, Derrick “D-Nice” Jones and DJ Hed, along with actor-philanthropist Etienne Maurice, will present a livestream benefit event Thursday to support those impacted by the L.A. County wildfires.
Modeled after the “Club Quarantine” created by D-Nice in his living room during the COVID-19 pandemic, “LA Check In” is aimed to rejuvenating fire-affected residents “during a time of displacement and isolation,” according to even sponsors the Annenberg Foundation and the i.am Angel Foundation.
The 6 p.m. event will originate from will.i.am’s FYI Campus and can be viewed on Instagram and YouTube. It will include sets curated by D-Nice and DJ Hed, and will include updates on available resources and feature “stories of hope,” according to the producers.
The event is expected to include unidentified celebrity guests and “hometown heroes.”
LA Check In will also provide information on ways to donate to first responders, evacuees, and about shelters for people who were already homeless before the fires, as well as displaced domestic, outdoor and day-labor workers.
“These fires ravaged Los Angeles and shocked communities everywhere with their rapid spread and vast devastation,” Wallis Annenberg, chairman of the board, president and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, said in a statement.
“The Annenberg Foundation has a long history of bearing witness to and catalyzing relief in the face of catastrophic events in California and we are thrilled to partner to offer LA Check In as a way to support healing and share resources in this time of crisis.”
LA Check In will be streamed live on D-Nice’s Instagram (www.instagram.com/dnice) and will.i.am’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@illwilly). More information about the Annenberg Foundation’s disaster response efforts is available at annenberg.org/LACheckIn.