Vic Mensa Joins #NoDAPL Protest: 'This Is All Of Our Battle'

By Sydney Scott · Updated October 26, 2020

Rapper Vic Mensa recently traveled to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota to join the protest against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which threatens Native American land and drinking water.

The Standing Rock Sioux also claim that the pipeline violates federal antiquities laws and an 1851 treaty.

Mensa posted images and video from the protest urging fans to take action. “If you believe in the inalienable rights of people; the right to clean drinking water, the right to food & shelter and the right to freedom then you have to support standing rock,” he wrote. 

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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.

A photo posted by Vic Mensa (@vicmensa) on Nov 28, 2016 at 1:48pm PST

if you believe in the inalienable rights of people; the right to clean drinking water, the right to food & shelter and the right to freedom then you have to support standing rock. Get on a plane, drive, take a bus do whatever you have to do. December 5th the Army Corps has set an ultimatum for the people camped at standing rock, saying that they will forcibly remove the water protectors. When one of our freedom is on the line all of our freedom is on the line. Fight for freedom.

A photo posted by Vic Mensa (@vicmensa) on Nov 28, 2016 at 2:28pm PST

You can also donate money for food & supplies for standing rock at Standingrock.org to help the people out here protecting human rights in the blistering cold. This is all of our battle. 📸 @jakeosmun

A photo posted by Vic Mensa (@vicmensa) on Nov 28, 2016 at 2:34pm PST

Mensa has been incredible at using his platform to speak out, taking on issues such as police brutality, race, and the election.

“Get on a plane, drive, take a bus do whatever you have to do,” wrote Mensa. “December 5th the Army Corps has set an ultimatum for the people camped at standing rock, saying that they will forcibly remove the water protectors. When one of our freedom is on the line all of our freedom is on the line. Fight for freedom.”