Stephen Lee Bruner, better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American bass guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter from Los Angeles.
Thundercat Diet: Is Thundercat a vegan?
R&B king Thundercat ate meatless wings on Hot Ones — and that’s because he is apparently a longtime vegan. According to Washington Post, the singer, songwriter, and bassist went vegan around the same time he stopped drinking alcohol several years ago, and he lost 100 pounds.
The tragedy forced Thundercat to grapple with his own demons involving alcohol abuse, triggering newfound but hard-fought and shaky sobriety. Around this same time, he decided to go vegan and lost 100 pounds (“I didn’t notice until I saw a picture of myself, and it freaked me out.
To be fair, it is impossible to forget Thundercat. On this Tuesday night in early February, he’s wearing oversized cat-eye pink sunglasses and red silk shorts seemingly designed for a boxer obsessed with Edo-period Japanese woodblock prints. His magenta dreadlocks are partially covered by Gucci headphones.