Continuing his work toward social justice, Vic Mensa is seeking to bring attention to the Dakota Access pipeline protest by posting videos of the situation to his social media.
The Chicago rapper has been in Standing Rock for the last few days, joining those who are trying to prevent that pipeline, which will carry crude oil, from interfering with Native American land.
Mensa previously addressed the Flint Water crisis and police brutality on his EP There’s Alot Going On. Now, in addition to documenting the activity at Standing Rock through Facebook Live videos, Mensa posted this poignant statement to his Instagram page:
“I’ve been at #StandingRock for the last 3 days, and the experience has been amazing. If you’re not in tune with what’s going on here, Standing Rock is an Indian reservation where a major oil company is trying to drill a pipeline underneath the river that supplies drinking water for millions of people on and off of the reservation.
“Drilling that oil pipeline could contaminate the livelihood of so many people, primarily indigenous people of this land that have been systematically destroyed since Europeans arrived in America. Thousands of people have come from all over the world to Standing Rock to stop that pipeline from being drilled and protect the water.”
The primary concern of protesters is that the pipeline could contaminate the water supply, which is exactly why the line isn’t running through the state capital of Bismarck. Instead, it is being run within half a mile of the Sioux reservation at Standing Rock.
The behavior of the police managing the protests has also been criticized as heavy-handed, with dogs and water cannons used to disperse the crowds.
Vic Mensa’s Standing Rock video diary can be found on the Roc Nation rapper’s Facebook page.
Mensa has also used his Instagram account to inform people that they can get more information and donate money or supplies to the cause by visiting standingrock.org.
this nigga fighting the good fight….i hope they shoot him dead
Much respect to Vic the veterans an kindred souls for supporting the tribes at Standing Rock who are protecting us from Ecocide. Native American religions focus on nature, land, animals an environmental elements.. Peace to the Great Spirit
Religious focus on money casinos and land dont talk about something you arent around to see first hand makes you look like an idiot theres more anti protestors here now than protesters because of the stupid shit they have pulled i hope they get hosed down again when its -20 windchill
I’m sorry unwoke brother that it seems like you as well as the anti protesters lack empathy for your world an the Tribes simply trying to protect their water supply on the very little land they have left.. I hope you grow old an die.. Be Healthy meanwhile
I take it you dont live here huh? And THERE water supply? No its north dakota water supply and the majority of north dakota had spoken and said YES to the pipeline you think its much safer on icy winter roads in tankers that could spill god knows where? Or how about when it travels by train the train derails and it spills into the soil which effects local water supplies i take it thats safer huh dumbass? And how about the standing rock sioux’s prairie knight casino spewing its waste into the oahe lake system the very same system they are trying to protect pretty fucking stupid or how about those propane bombs burning tires and burning vehicles? Im sure thats just AMAZING in the oxygen that people have to breathe and that is just as valuable as the water cause wanna know why? Oxygen upon condensation becomes water so therefore again the natives and there protestors damaging the very water they claim to protect.. or how about all the garbage covering the camp site and filling the ditches im sure thats amazing for the land the only reason this cock sucking protest is still happening is archembaults greedy ass would not accept the $20 million and wanted $35 million and the DAPL said fuck you went to a private land owner OFF THE RESERVATION and threw hay $20 million at him and he accepted and now the tribes are all pissed because THEY ARENT GETTING SHIT NOW other than a monstrous multi million dollar lawsuit from the DAPL and for treating all there “white devil” customers like shit who i mind you ARE PAYING TO KEEP THE SHITHOLE RUNNING while you run your corrupt ass protestors the casino scaring off all your paying patrons and not to mention archembault trying to boycott local bismarck/mandan businesses and that backfired because now 60%+ of the state is giving prairie knights a big fuck you and boycotting anything standing rock sioux so enjoy being a bunch of broke ass bankrupt jokes and when you come crying for a government hand out from the “white devils” when your united tribes college and prairie knights casino go bankrupt and we dont give you shit for aide cause you idiots did it to yourselfs
A high estrogen, low testosterone, closet case CUCKBOY opportunist,virtue signaling for brownies points from leftists. Get these weirdos out of hip-hop.
Impossible, the weirdos are the majority now, it’s sad and wack.
I live in ND and what people do not realize is these natives are completely full of shit, some of the protesters were literally the 1st to sell their personal lands ffs, also their is nothing “sacred” about that land, they did a multi-year study.
My kid sister could knock out this idiot Vic Mensa in like 2 secs.
They should have just told them the pipeline would be deliver Busch Light to them!
No in north dakota the prairie ni g g ers drink bud light or king cobra