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- The rapper and actor Common says he "felt a deep and sudden shame" when he was sexually abused as a child. The Grammy and Oscar-winner says he spoke out because many black men who have been molested hide their abuse.
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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 years...
- Producer, Soundside
Sep 3, 2019 · The rapper, who is also an activist and Emmy-winning actor, has a preoccupation with the subject, which he believes should be the driving force behind personal and social change.
- Lola Adesioye
May 7, 2019 · In his new memoir, "Let Love Have the Last Word," rapper, activist and Oscar winner Common opens up about everything -- and that's exactly how he wanted it. The versatile artist writes about his childhood, his daughter and much more in the book that is deeply personal and very revealing.
- Michael Rothman
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Sep 13, 2017 · After clinching his award for outstanding original music and lyrics (from Ava DuVernay’s 13th documentary), Common became the first rapper to ever win an Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar.
- Carl Lamarre
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- Will Lavin
- “I really do feel grateful for the culture itself” On Common’s 2011 album, ‘The Dreamer/The Believer’, he and Nas teamed up on the hard-hitting ‘Ghetto Dreams’.
- “I wish I’d written is ‘N.Y. State of Mind’” They were the gatekeepers of what many at the time deemed ‘real music.’ It was avant-garde R&B, organic soul, conscious rap, jazz fusion, and many other things.
- “You just gotta embrace your flaws” The same goes for embracing unpopular opinions he might have held at an earlier stage in his career. On 2005’s ‘Real People’, Common rapped: “Black men walking wit white girls on they arms/ I be mad at em as if I know they moms.”
- “People who wanna be with each other should be able to be with each other” In an age where cancel culture is rife, where stars are losing high-profile hires based upon things they might have said when they were younger, less famous or less informed, it’s refreshing listening to Common admit that he’s moved on from such a closed minded opinion and isn’t backtracking with an excuse.
Sep 13, 2017 · Chicago-bred rapper, actor, and activist Common made history with his Emmy win this past weekend as the first rapper to take home a GRAMMY, an Oscar, and an Emmy in his career.
Jul 10, 2023 · LONDON — When Common, the actor, rapper, activist and author, was going into filming Apple TV+’s “Silo” in London, a sci-fi dystopian drama set inside a giant silo that nobody can leave ...
