Common

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Born: March 13, 1972
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Common (rapper), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

96 films

Now You See Me

20137.3

John Wick: Chapter 2

20177.3

Suicide Squad

20165.9

Terminator Salvation

20096.1

American Gangster

20077.6

Ocean's Eight

20187.0

Hunter Killer

20186.9

Wanted

20086.5

Movie 43

20134.7

Date Night

20106.1

Smokin' Aces

20066.5

Street Kings

20086.7

Run All Night

20156.4

Happy Feet Two

20116.2

Smallfoot

20186.8

New Year's Eve

20115.9

Girls Trip

20176.8

Ava

20205.8

Entourage

20156.2

The Hate U Give

20188.1

Megan Leavey

20177.3

The Informer

20196.5

The Kitchen

20196.1

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

20127.0

Selma

20147.4

The Tale

20187.1

Saint Judy

20186.9

Just Wright

20106.5

Pawn

20135.5

Breathe

20245.6

Barbershop: The Next Cut

20166.3

Wick Is Pain

20257.4

Brown Sugar

20026.6

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Every Secret Thing

20146.1

Fool's Paradise

20234.6

Being Charlie

20166.2

LUV

20135.8

X/Y

20144.8

Here and Now

20185.3

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

2023

Alice

20225.6

All About Nina

20185.9

The Words That Built America

20176.0

Unity

20157.5

You're Watching Video Music Box

20216.4

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

20225.0

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

20056.8

Love Beats Rhymes

20175.6

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

20158.0

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

20117.2

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

20126.7

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

20076.2

Hip-Hop and the White House

20247.3

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20214.0

The Price of Protest

20197.6

Bouncing Cats

2010

Chasing Trane

20177.3

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

2016

Diane Warren: Relentless

20255.4

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

2026

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

20175.3

Beef

20037.1

Two Trains Runnin'

20167.2

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

2025

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

20266.0

Music

2010

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince

20207.9

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

2024

The Wiz Live!

20157.0

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

20168.0

Alicia Keys: Unplugged

20056.6

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

20239.0

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

20055.7

We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody

2016

Hate to See You Go

2026

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

20169.0

Godfathers and Sons

20037.5

Letter to the President

20055.0

Paragraphs I Manifest

2026

Misdirection: The Real Magic

2017

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

19985.0

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

20137.1

Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene

20178.4

Black America Again

20161.0

Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth

20176.3

5 Sides of a Coin

200410.0

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

2026

A Most Beautiful Thing

20206.4

Between Riverside and Crazy

2023

The Legacy of J Dilla

2023

Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

2024

The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents

20058.7

Brave New Voices 2010

201010.0

Letter to the Free

2016

Soundz of Spirit

20058.0