Profile
Common
African-american Rapper From Chicago + Illinois
Male
Born
Mar 13, 1972
Age
41
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Performed With
No I.D.
Other Names
Common, Common Sense
Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is an American hip-hop artist and actor. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the… Read More
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Common
Age 41
parents
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Dr. Mahalia Ann HinesMother
children
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Omoye Assata LynnSon, Age 16
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CHILDHOOD
1972
Birth
Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., on Chicago's South Side on March 13, 1972.
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1981
9 Years Old
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At another poetry reading, Common said, “flyers say ‘free Mumia’ on my freezer,” a reference to Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was controversially convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.
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TWENTIES
Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.
1994
22 Years Old
With the 1994 release of Resurrection, Common achieved a much larger degree of critical acclaim, which extended beyond Chicago natives.
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In 1996, Common appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists.
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Following One Day, Common signed a major label record deal with MCA Records and relocated from Chicago to New York City in 1999.
THIRTIES
2005
33 Years Old
Following the release of Be in 2005, several mixed-race artists from the UK hip-hop scene took exception to Common's comments about interracial relationships on the song "Real People."
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2006
34 Years Old
The album was also nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2006.
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In 2007, Common appeared with Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys in the crime film Smokin' Aces.
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West predicted that Finding Forever would win the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
2010
38 Years Old
Stewart further pointed out that Fox News itself offered positive coverage of Common's career in 2010, and that Sean Hannity, who criticized Common's White House invitation, is a friend of musician Ted Nugent, who in clips played on The Daily Show, used violent rhetoric in comments he made about President Obama and Hillary Clinton.
His song "Be (intro)" is featured in a commercial for BlackBerry as of January 2011.
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