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Common

コモン　/　こもん

American rapper

March 13, 1972 (age 54)　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
rapper
writer
record producer

My Take

Common occupies a rare lane in hip-hop: he proved you could stay thoughtful without going soft. From Chicago's open-mic circuit to a shelf of Grammys and an Academy Award for an original song, his career reads like a slow, deliberate climb rather than a flash of hype. What I admire is the discipline, the way he treats rap as literature, acting as craft, and activism as obligation, never letting one dilute the others. Plenty of rappers simply age out; Common aged into something closer to a public intellectual with an impeccable flow. When I want proof that hip-hop can carry moral weight gracefully, his catalog is where I point people.

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Common
Name (Japanese): コモン
Reading: こもん
Born: March 13, 1972 (age 54)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rat
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rapper / writer / record producer / model / singer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Luther High School South
University: Florida A&M University

Awards & achievements

2002 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
2003 BET Award for Video of the Year
2007 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
2012 BET Her Award
2003 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
2015 Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award
2015 Academy Award for Best Original Song
2003 BET Award for Viewer's Choice

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Smallfoot	—
Notable work	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	—
Notable work	LUV	—
Notable work	Hell on Wheels	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://thinkcommon.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/common/
Xhttps://x.com/common
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3

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