Showing posts with label zion-i. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zion-i. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Earth Amplified Mixtape Vol​.​1 mixed by DJ Sol Rising

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

'I Used to Be a Vegan' by Zion I & the Grouch: Vegan Underground Rap, Yo! - Orange County Restaurants and Dining - Stick a Fork In It

'I Used to Be a Vegan' by Zion I & the Grouch: Vegan Underground Rap, Yo! - Orange County Restaurants and Dining - Stick a Fork In It

this song is actually quite unfortunate for so many reasons. for starters, where did the grouch's politics go--the one's he expressed to peta a few years prior to the release of this or his ode to his newborn on the previous zion i & the grouch album ("10 fingers, 10 toes, 10 lbs, 10 oz")? seems that grouch's ethical-eating/vegan experience was rather short-lived. why didn't they have a pro-vegan anthem when they were practicing a plant-based/decolonized diet? to bash a vegan/plant-based/decolonized diet esp. within communities of color is very troubling considering all the dis-ease we're dealing with...to be honest, i'm bored w/this already and would rather refer whoever that might be reading this to check out supanova slom's "purify or die" and "sugar crack" to connect w/something that's way more about food justice.

see this for more context.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Zion I & The Grouch - I Used to Be Vegan



"we think it's wrong to hurt animals and raise animals just to slaughter them and kill them because animals feel pain just like humans do. being cruel to an animal is like being cruel...to yourself, i mean to a human, it's alive...its something thats alive and it feels pain and it has feelings, and it thinks...its wrong for humans to take advantage of the fact that they can physically, you know, control animals. ~ the grouch




i had the opportunity to interview both the grouch and zumbi of zion i at their in-store show at music millennium in portland, oregon:


the grouch & mc zumbi of zion i speak to why they created "i used to be vegan" at music millennium in portland, oregon. before turning the camera on them, i told them that i'm vegan, i had seen the peta video interview, and that i represent the vegan hip hop movement.  to be perfectly honest, i was ill prepared for this exchange and considering that there was a line of 20 or so people behind me it wasn't the place for a debate so i simply asked them to elaborate on "i used to be vegan."

Krudas Cubensi-El Veganeo