Russell Simmons Calls For Boycott Of KFC

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LadyTragik

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Russell Simmons has joined with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and is calling for a boycott of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Simmons was featured in a full page advertisement in The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, where KFC is headquartered.

Simmons would not comment on the issue with AllHipHop.com, saying "I am not a spokesperson for the issue, I just wanted to lend my support to the cause."

Simmons wrote a letter urging David C. Novak, CEO of Yum Brands, which in addition to KFC, owns Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

He urged Novak to improve their practices of raising and slaughtering chickens in a letter printed in the newspaper.

"What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year, on your watch, is not civilized or acceptable, and you can change that," the letter read. "I am calling for a boycott of all KFC restaurants until my friends at PETA tell me that you have agreed to be kinder in your practices."

Simmons is a longtime vegetarian and PETA supporter.

Spokespeople for Yum Brands said that they do not slaughter the chickens, but they buy cook and sell them. The suppliers that do slaughter the chickens are required to follow guidelines developed by the industry.

Other supporters include ex-Beatles frontman Sir Paul McCartney, who also appeared in a full page ad in the newspaper and the lead singer of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde.

Hynde was arrested last month in Paris after smearing blood on the windows of a KFC restaurant and blocking traffic.
 
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lmao...who the fuck cares?..ol boy should be puttin forth an effort to stop things more serious..like poverty....troubled youth..or animals that actually serve a purpose besides becoming my dinner...

4real tho..hes a super baller with alot of pull..and he chooses to help the chickens..lol..i bet his wife put him up to it
 
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Fuck what Russell is talkin bout, I'm eating those damn chicken strips with that good ass BBQ sauce. I'll stop only if Russell gives me a whole new wardrobe of Phat Farm gear, and he takes C-Blocc Ent. under the Def Jam umbrella, maybe then I will stop fuckin with the Col. Sanders
 
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KFC sucks anyway, yall should see the KFC headquarters....it looks like a big fuckin old time slavery house.

Matter of fact, it probably is.

Thats what ol Russell is mad about!

I'll take a pic with my phone next time I drive by it.
 
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i heard a while back that their chickens dont have beaks,eyes or legs,they are just like lumps of chicken with tubes feeding them,i think that why ppl are trippin off them,i know i was when i heard that shit
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At least thirteen percent of adults are illiterate, the unemployment rate gets worse, the schools (public and private) are shit (although college is cool), we've got nuts who'll sue you for looking at them wrong, but Simmons finds boycotting KFC more important?

Yeah, KFC sucks (I prefer Popeye's, too), and Taco Bell makes you stink for a whole week after you've eaten it (if any of you here have girlfriends who eat there, I feel your pain), but I like Pizza Hut (a.k.a. Pizza Slut) once in a while. Simmons needs to focus his energies on more important things.

Oh, BTW, on a related note--this "obesity" issue is a fucking joke, too, and this business about people suing McDonald's and saying, "oh, they MADE me fat, blah, blah, blah," has to go. You KNOW what kind of food they serve! If you don't want to get fat, DON'T EAT THERE, dumbass!!!

PEACE!
 
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