The folks over at SuperVegan recently reported that Common, platinum rapper, burgeoning actor, and hip hop social activist, confirmed rumors that he started eating fish a couple of years ago.
His reasons?
"I needed some protein...it was tough being vegan."
Really?
Seriously?
With a stable recording career and five movies under his belt, including a go as the Green Lantern (rumored) in next year's Justice League: Mortal (if the issues get resolved), you'd think he'd be able to afford a nutritionist, personal chef and/or personal shopper, AT LEAST once a week.
I'm trying to cut him some slack. He's a busy person. And maintaining a healthy diet while juggling multiple projects is tough for anyone, even regular folks like you and me. But I just don't buy it.
Maybe, being vegan AND the new spokesperson for Lincoln Nagivator is tough, given that the cost of filling that SUV can compete with a week's worth of (organic) groceries.
Common Renounces Veganism
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Friday, May 2, 2008
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Veganism doesn't seem to be the only thing Common is renouncing. Rumor has it "Finding Forever" may have been his last album because hip-hop doesn't pay like the movies.
Anyhoo, vegetarians of all stripes don't like to acknowledge the fact that flesh foods provide a quick and easy abundance of protein and other nutrients. That is jus the truth of the matter. But, when people look at vegetarianism as just a nutritional/health experience, it is easy to 'fall off the wagon' which I think is what may have happened in Common's case (and mine-to a degree). I think the spiritual and animal rights/ethical reasons bonds one to veganism in a way that can't be as easily casted aside.
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