zion i & the grouch - i used to be vegan (behind the scenes)

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."

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• zion i
• mc zumbi
• the grouch
• living legends
• vegan
• veganism
• animal cruelty
• raw food
• vegetarian
• vegetarianism
• peta
• music millennium
• portland
• oregon

[akamrbungle]

I appreciate this... as a recovering vegetarian.

[sicknature]

@akamrbungle how are you in recovery?

[ZakConcrete]

yeah. I liked what they had to say because I felt that a lot of people were probably going to have some beef with that song and have a lot of questions for Grouch and they both made some really good points that I often try to explain to people. that's probably one of my favorite songs on the new album...alonf with Drop it on the One and Journey to Forever

[sicknature]

@ZakConcrete i haven't quite decided which song is my favorite, but i can say that the song that this video was intended for is my least favorite. the reason why i had to ask them what was up w/this song was because i wanted clarification for one, but also to get them to respond to quite a contradictory approach. i know we as humans are meant to change and "evolve," but what grouch had to say in the peta interview wasn't even addressed in this exchange...

[ZakConcrete]

ha, I was watching you film this, I was waiting to see it so I could better explain this to people.

[sicknature]

@ZakConcrete that's' funny. glad you located the video to better explain the exchange. what did you think of what they had to say?

[Auxiliary84]

being on the raw food diet is one of the hardest diets in the world.... but done right its the best Diet in the world...

[lmnosp1]

you can't be more real than these motherfuckers...props to the grouch, zion I, and the whole bay area!

[xsickzackx]

@MCENDLISS i used to be SXE.. then 1day i realized there were factors that made me not want that label on my identity. for 1 there were many idiotic factions within the movement that i wanted to distance myself, and also when i thought about it i realized that it wasnt black and white. ex. theres no study to display that weed is bad for you..so i felt like i was trapped inside of some label i put on myself.. i wasnt even smoking but i wouldnt say im a sxe anymore.. i think theres some parallels.

[MCENDLISS]

wrong message to the kids u couldnt ride it out cuz yall didnt have the enough stature too..thats like sayin i was married for 8 years but i slipped n fucked a stripper..do whuts right dont call urselves leaders when clearly ur leading our world to global warming n our children to mad cow desiese...

[passtillborn]

Next song "I used to hate slavery". Fuck these guys. And insane Lierre Keith wasnt vegan for five seconds..

[slipperypete619]

The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith. ...Lierre was vegan for 20 years and had a similar experience as Zumbi... her Chinese doctor said "you better start eating meat!"