Vegetarian is a start. These 25 didn’t stop there — no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no honey, and (mostly) no chill about it either. Grouped by genre, here’s our 2026 list of confirmed vegan (not vegetarian — we checked) rock stars, rappers, and everyone in between.
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Rock
1. Moby
- Vegan since 1987 — before most of you were born, or had heard the word “vegan.” ✓
- Opened LA vegan restaurant Little Pine, donated all profits to animal rights orgs ✓
- Produced Punk Rock Vegan Movie in 2023. Yes, that’s a real genre now.
2. Morrissey
- The Smiths frontman wrote an entire album called Meat Is Murder. Subtle, he is not. ✓
- Decades of outspoken vegan advocacy, zero chill about it.
3. Chrissie Hynde
- The Pretenders’ frontwoman got herself arrested at a 2003 anti-KFC protest in France ✓
- Opened her own vegan restaurant, VegiTerranean, back home in Akron, Ohio ✓
- Rock Hall of Famer who’d rather picket a chicken chain than sit backstage.
4. Bryan Adams
- Vegan since 1989, out of straight-up love for animals ✓
- Somewhere out there “(Everything I Do) I Do It For (Not Eating) You” is a lyric that doesn’t exist but should.
Vegan since 1989.
Punk & Pop-Punk
5. Travis Barker (Blink-182)
- Went fully vegan after surviving a 2008 plane crash that killed four people ✓
- Invested in LA vegan restaurant Crossroads Kitchen ✓
- Says he’s so strict about vegan leather he wants you to know: if you see him in leather, it’s fake.
6 & 7. Mark Hoppus & Matt Skiba (Blink-182 / Alkaline Trio)
- PETA2 named Blink-182 the Most Animal-Friendly Band, 2016 — all three members, vegan ✓
- A pop-punk band that’s more plant-based than your local juice bar.
8 & 9. Tim McIlrath & Joe Principe (Rise Against)
- McIlrath: vegan and straight-edge, long-time PETA partner ✓
- Principe: vegetarian for years, went fully vegan in 2017 — says his stage stamina improved ✓
- In 2007 the band got Vans to make them a fully vegan shoe line. Bands usually ask for a rider, not a supply chain audit.
Metal & Hardcore
10. Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
- Long-time vegan and outspoken animal-rights advocate ✓
- Co-founded activist group Axis of Justice with Tom Morello ✓
- A 4.2-octave vocal range fueled by zero animal products.
11. Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
- Vegan and straight-edge for almost 20 years — longer than she’s been a professional singer ✓
- On the internet dunking on her food choices: “I know where bacon comes from; you’re not blowing my mind.”
12. Sam Carter (Architects)
- Carter and every single member of Architects are vegan — the whole band, no exceptions ✓
- Carter is a UK ambassador for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ✓
- PETA-collaborating, title-holding “Most Animal-Friendly Band.” Try to out-vegan them. We dare you.
13. Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari)
- Vegan frontman, partnered with Veganuary on climate and animal-rights messaging ✓
- Quote: “Veganism is such a quick and direct way to reduce one’s carbon footprint.” Somebody put that on a tote bag.
Hip Hop & Rap
14. RZA (Wu-Tang Clan)
- Gave up meat in 1995, dairy and eggs not long after ✓
- Fronted PETA’s “A Better Tomorrow Is a Vegan Tomorrow” campaign ✓
- By 2019, VegNews reported 80% of Wu-Tang Clan was vegan. Protect ya neck AND the planet.
15. A$AP Rocky
- Vegan since 2012, meat-free over a decade before that ✓
- Raps about it directly on “Babushka Boi”: “I ain’t duck sauce since I became a vegan.” Bar.
16. Waka Flocka Flame
- Went vegan for his health, then stuck with it for how it made him feel on stage ✓
- Told PETA: “I got on stage, I felt better. My attitude was better. Everything about me was better.”
17. Jermaine Dupri
- Vegan for nearly two decades ✓
- Launched his own vegan ice cream line, JD’s Vegan, with Walmart ✓
- Proof that going vegan doesn’t mean giving up dessert — it means owning the dessert company.
18. Andre 3000
- Longtime vegan, repeatedly cited among hip-hop’s plant-based pioneers ✓
- Half of Outkast, all vegan.
19. Erykah Badu
- Longtime vegetarian who moved fully vegan ✓
- On why: “It just always made sense to me.” No big speech needed.
Pop & R&B
20. Billie Eilish
- Raised vegetarian, vegan since age 12 ✓
- Co-founded Support + Feed, delivering plant-based meals to people in need ✓
- Has turned entire arena concessions vegan for her shows. Try getting a hot dog. You can’t.
21. Ariana Grande
- Vegan since 2013 — “I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding.” ✓
- Thank u, vegan.
23. Stevie Wonder
- Confirmed vegan in a 2014 AOL interview ✓
- Made it viral on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden in 2015. A legend, feeding legends better info.
25. Jhéné Aiko
- Named among the growing wave of vegan musicians, alongside RZA and Raury ✓
You’re welcome! Know a vegan rock star bad-ass’er than these folks? Let us know in the comments and we’ll add ’em to the list.
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