Common
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Born 1972-03-13
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.
His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint, having previously released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music.
Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song, co-written and performed with John Legend, "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. Common's acting career also includes roles in the films Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year's Eve, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels.
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Silo
The Simpsons
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Saturday Night Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Jennifer Hudson Show
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Scrubs
The Chi
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Girlfriends
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Never Have I Ever
MTV Video Music Awards
The Mindy Project
Hell on Wheels
American Masters
Tamron Hall
Now You See Me
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Ocean's Eight
Lip Sync Battle
Off Camera with Sam Jones
One on One
Chelsea
John Wick: Chapter 2
Suicide Squad
American Gangster
Terminator Salvation
Hunter Killer
Wanted
Run All Night
Date Night
Happy Feet Two
Movie 43
StoryBots: Answer Time
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
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