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Common
3 FOLLOWERS • 61 CREDITS • MAR 13, 1972 • 52
Biography
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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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Simpsons
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Saturday Night Live
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Mindy Project
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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Chelsea
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Never Have I Ever
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The Chris Rock Show
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Scrubs
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MTV Video Music Awards
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Girlfriends
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Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
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Shut Up and Dribble
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Lip Sync Battle
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Chappelle's Show
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StoryBots: Answer Time
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Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
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jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Fool's Paradise
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Girls Trip
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Ocean's Eight
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Movie 43
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You're Watching Video Music Box
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American Gangster
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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Suicide Squad
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A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
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Now You See Me
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Run All Night
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Selma
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Street Kings
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
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Happy Feet Two
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Smokin' Aces
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The Kitchen
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Megan Leavey
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Terminator Salvation
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Wanted
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Date Night
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
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The Hate U Give
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Hell on Wheels
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Hunter Killer
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Breathe
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The Informer
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Ava
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Silo
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John Wick: Chapter 2
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Alice
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Soul Food
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