Biography
Common, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn on 13 March 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American rapper and actor. He began his music career in the early 1990s under the name Common Sense and later achieved mainstream success with albums such as Like Water for Chocolate (2000) and Be (2005).
He has appeared in numerous films, including American Gangster (2007), Wanted (2008) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). In Selma (2014) he portrayed civil rights leader James Bevel and co-wrote the song "Glory" with John Legend, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Common has also received three Grammy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
