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 ...

While his last release, 2008's 'Universal Mind Control,' divided critics and fans for its hyper electro-meets-hip-hop sound, the project snagged Common a pair of Grammy nominations, despite the ...

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 ...

“We know that we want to do some raw Hip Hop. That’s exactly the direction ... and go through some transformations. For Chicago’s Common, the rapper has gone through a full spin as he ...

Named after his father Lonnie "Pops" Lynn - a former ABA basketball player - Common made his hip-hop debut in 1992 with Can I Borrow A Dollar? on Relativity Records. Although the album was ...

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 ...

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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop's latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake and rapper-turned-actor Common came to town... PARK CITY, Utah ...

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 ...

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 ...