Explaining the move towards vegan leather, Shaikh wrote in a 2016 blog post that there are "various reasons for why we forgo animal leather. For RZA, it has to do with animal cruelty first and foremost. Speaking for myself, the deleterious environmental effects of raising animals (in particular cattle) is what drew me into looking more into vegan leather options."
RZA has long been a vocal proponent of the vegan movement. In 2014, he told PETA that there’s nothing “on this planet that doesn’t want to live.”
“I’m quite sure do not wanna be on my plate… When you eat you’re eating that stress, eating that sickness, eating that fear,” he said.
RZA isn’t the Wu-Tang Clan’s only vegan-minded member; eight of the group’s ten members are now vegan. Several members of the American hip hop group even appeared in a campaign for White Castle’s Impossible Sliders, which are made with plant-based beef patties.
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