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Common
Also known as Lonnie R. Lynn, Common Sense, Lonnie Lynn, Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn, Lonnie Rashid Lynn
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
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- The discharge of 37,000,000l. of the national debt, demonstrated to be part of the cause of the rapid dearness of provisions ...
- Pillars of the Hebrew Nation Part 1
- Strike! But read
- The cause of the present threatened famine traced to its real source, viz. an actual depreciation on our circulating medium, occasioned by the paper currency ...
- Common sense to John Bull
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- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972-03-13
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Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor and activist. The recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, he signed with the independent label Relativity Records at the age of 20. The label released his first three studio albums: Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved mainstream success through his work with the Black music collective Soulquarians.
After attaining a major label record deal, he released his fourth and fifth albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000) and Electric Circus (2002), to continued acclaim and modest commercial response. He guest performed on fellow Soulquarian, Erykah Badu's 2003 single, "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", which became his highest entry — at number nine — on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best R&B Song at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. He signed with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West's record label GOOD Music, in a joint venture with Geffen Records to release his sixth and seventh albums Be (2005) and Finding Forever (2007); both were nominated for Best Rap Album Grammys, while the latter became his first to debut atop the Billboard 200 and contained the song "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), the recipient of Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. His eighth album, Universal Mind Control (2008), was met with a critical decline and served as his final release with GOOD.
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