Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There was a time when the pairing of rapper Common and producer ...

There was a time when the pairing of rapper Common and producer Pete Rock would easily be my most anticipated album of any year. Common, the Chicago rapper turned multihyphenate, has long been one ...

"Let Love Have the Last Word" is a daily commitment for the rapper Common. It’s also the title of his new memoir. He joins us.

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 ...

Rapper Common to headline hip-hop fest Common, who turned 43 on Friday, won an Oscar this year with John Legend for Best Original Song with Glory from the civil rights drama Selma, in which the ...

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The rapper and actor is waiting to find out if he'll win his second Academy Award in just a few weeks.

Rapper Common poses during his second performance in the Coca-Cola Superlounge during the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, Saturday, a few years back.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper Common is hitting the ground running in the new year with a tour stop in Delaware. But this stop isn't for a concert. The first rapper in history to win an Emmy ...

Common shares a forgotten memory of Chance the Rapper for TIME's 100 Most Influential People list. By Adelle Platon Back when Chance The Rapper was Chance the soon-to-be rapper, he shared an ...

Common is always in a competitive mindset.In his latest flick, "Just Wright," he plays a top-notch basketball player who deals with a serious injury. In real life, he's a skillful, Grammy-winning ...

Common has never been seen as a particularly controversial hip-hop artist, but his recent invitation to the White House has caused the right-wing perpetual outrage machine to kick into high gear ...