Common, the Chicago rapper turned multihyphenate, has long been one of hip-hop’s most beloved MCs; he has both the respect of his hip-hop peers and crafted many commercially successful albums ...

Thirty years ago, Common looked back ruefully at his favorite genre in “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” his classic riff on hip-hop as a wayward ex-girlfriend. “She was really the realest before she ...

Common was one of the many rappers who performed at the star-studded Hip-Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium in August. “I’ve been creating a new project,” he told Melber. “I’m working on a ...

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Rappers Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd have been developing their innovative hip-hop opera ... they still get an all-too-common response. "That's . . . cute," mimics Wolf, like a patronizing ...

The Chicago Hip-Hop Summit took place Saturday (March 27) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.Kanye West and Common hosted the event and Twista, Shawnna, Layzie Bone, Crooked I and ...

Award-winning rapper, actor, and activist Common is a hip-hop legend with an illustrious career spanning decades. At 51, he’s been alive for as long as the genre itself, which celebrated 50 ...

Before he began his electric performance, Common talked about whether he thought hip-hop was dying. “A smart woman told me that hip-hop is like a living organism—it goes through different phas ...

Common opened up about his views on the current state of hip-hop. The veteran rapper told Rap-Up TV, “I love where hip-hop is. There’s future in hip-hop.” Common credits a lot of hip-hop ...

On this day in 1992, Chicago Hip-Hop legend Common, who was known as “Common Sense,” released his debut LP Can I Borrow A Dollar? Common delivered a debut that can be set apart from any ...

Six years ago, the artist formerly known as Common Sense recorded what might be hip-hop’s greatest love song. Witty, nimble and refreshingly pointed, “I used to love her” gave ample evidence ...