On the day that his fellow Chicagoan President Obama brings the troops home from Iraq, Common is right on time with the video to “Celebrate.” Common’s new album The Dreamer, The Believer is in stores this Tuesday December 20th. The clip begins with a soldier’s return home and takes us through a New Year’s Eve […]

Maya Angelou is surprised and both disappointed in rapper Common for using the “N-Word” in a song in which he also uses her poetry. The world renown and influential Pulitzer Prize-nominee feels very strongly about the usage of the negative term and has labeled it “vulgar and dangerous.” Janet Jackson Opens Up About The New […]

Rapper/actor Common stopped by “Chelsea Lately” Tuesday evening to promote his AMC series “Hell on Wheels.”  Host Chelsea Handler wasted no time getting all up in Common’s business,  playfully grilling him about his love life.  “I know you like big asses because you dated Serena Williams for a while,” Chelsea observed.  Playing coy, Common laughed […]

Common is quite confident in his latest project, The Dreamer, The Believer, because he’s almost released the entire album one leak at a time. The latest preview is his collaboration with the legendary Maya Angelou, “The Dreamer.” Are Common’s Bulls Dreaming Of A Championship? I’ll go on record to say that I’ve liked everything that […]

Common has become a very busy man. The Chicago MC and actor is slated to begin filming a crime drama with Forest Whitaker. The movie, ‘Pawn’ centers around a hostage crisis gone awry when an ex-con gets ensnared in a game of manipulation between different factions in the FBI. The Shield’s Michael Chiklis and Ray […]

Common has a mainstream movie in theaters as one of the cast members of the family film Happy Feet Two. This is a very good look for the man formerly known as Common Sense, and he describes this opportunity as a “blessing.” See more of Common in “Coming Attractions,” brought to you by TV One […]

Common has a mainstream movie in theaters as one of the cast members of the family film Happy Feet Two. This is a very good…

Hip-hop veteran/actor/author Common was in town for the Soul Train Awards and stopped by Hot 107.9 and the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to talk about his multi-faceted career, the diversity of his fans and the women he has loved. The Chicago MC had some interesting things to say about ex flames Serena Williams, Erykah Badu […]

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.  has turned multitasking into an art form. One day he is sitting on a panel with Robin Williams, Elijah Wood and Hank Azaria trading jokes about their frosty, eco-friendly new movie Happy Feet 2. The next day the artist more commonly known as…Common… is in the studio finishing up his ninth […]

Common’s longtime collaborator NO ID  posted the tracklist to his next album The Dreamer, The Believer, in stores December 20th. More than Common…Extraordinary! The album is Common’s ninth and features appearances from Nas, John Legend and Maya Angelou. (spotted @TheSmokingSection.net) Tracklisting 1. The Dreamer Feat. Maya Angelou 2. Ghetto Dreams Feat. Nas 3. Blue Sky […]

Common flexes his acting chops in AMC’s newest scripted drama “Hell On Wheels.”   The series is a contemporary Western that centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, portrayed by  Anson Mount, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad’s westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Common plays Elam Ferguson, an […]

Taraji P. Henson appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” recently where she confirmed (and denied) some of the dating rumors that have followed her since her “Baby Boy” days. Here’s what she had to say: Tyrese Not all all – ever. I promise you. If I did I would tell [you]. First of all, I […]