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Common
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lonnie R. Lynn, Common Sense, Lonnie Lynn, Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn, Lonnie Rashid Lynn
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
Known for
- W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause — Self2026
- Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Narrator (voice)2026
- Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
- Wick Is Pain — Self2025
- Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott — Self2025
- Breathe — Darius2024
- Hip-Hop and the White House2024
- Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central — Self2024
- Bilal: Live at Glasshaus — Self2024
- Evolution of the Black Quarterback — Self2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Lonnie Rashid Lynn , ( 1972-03-13 ) March 13, 1972 (age 54) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Other name
- Common Sense
- Occupations
- Rapper songwriter actor activist
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Works
- Discography filmography
- Parents
- Lonnie Lynn (father) Mahalia Ann Hines (mother)
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- Midwestern hip-hop neo soul
- Instruments
- Vocals
- Labels
- Loma Vista Concord Think Common ARTium Def Jam Virgin EMI Warner Bros. Geffen GOOD MCA Warlock Rawkus Relativity
- Member of
- August Greene Cocaine 80s Soulquarians
- Website
- www .thinkcommon .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Father
- Lonnie Lynn
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Southern University
- Religion
- Christianity
- Notable work
- Hell on Wheels
- Genre
- rapping
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- GOOD Music
- Official website
- thinkcommon.com
- Image
- Common - 2018 (41963868844) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- Commons category
- Common (entertainer)
- date of birth
- 1972-03-13
- topic's main category
- Category:Common (rapper)
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- pseudonym
- Common Sense
- social media followers
- 469000
- unmarried partner
- Jennifer Hudson
- birth name
- Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.
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Encyclopedic overview
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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