Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons is
joining other celebrities and activists in a call for boycotts against
Kentucky Fried Chicken. He called slaughter practices used by the
fast-food chain's suppliers "grossly inhumane" and has filmed a
commercial "showing some of the very worst abuses chickens undergo"
before they are served to customers, the Daily News reported Sunday.
Simmons, who is chairman of Def Jam Records said he has talked to
officials of Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, and said he will
release the ad and start a boycott if the company does not reform its
practices. The chain has about 250 within the five boroughs. "When a
company targets our community, disrespects us as consumers and sells us
products ridden with negative energy and laced with toxins, that is our
business," said Simmons. Other celebrities and activists have also
raised their voices against KFC including Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick
Gregory, Pamela Anderson and Paul McCartney. [more]
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