Russell Simmons, Waka Flocka and Mýa discuss going vegan

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Russell Simmons, Waka Flocka, and Mya recently got together with PETA for a roundtable discussion about why they had decided to follow the vegan lifestyle.

Mya described how she had been raised on “everything” but decided to switch lifestyles “once I opened my eyes and was seeking knowledge, that’s when I received all the information, which led me to stick to it. So now it’s a lifetime commitment, because now I can’t turn back.”

Simmons said that he made the decision because he felt for “the hundred billion animals” around the world.

And Waka Flocka’s response was short and to the point: “I was fat!”

–My vegan soul dinner with Erykah Badu–

They also discussed how the vegan lifestyle affects them as African-Americans in particular. Both Mya and Simmons spoke about how they had grown up eating chitlins (pig intestines) and pig’s feet, and Flocka said that he had been called bougie.

You can check out their full conversation in the video below as check out the menu of vegan food that was served per PETA’s website.