Tag: Common

Here we go again. Yet another prolific emcee profiled by right wing critics and portrayed by the media as being too controversial and a threat to society because of his provocative lyrics. Here’s the skinny: Chicago-actor/rapper/poet/humanitarian Common, was invited to the White House by Michelle Obama to take part in the First Lady’s ‘Poetry Night’,…

Tonight, legendary Chicago emcee/actor/activist Common hosted his Common Ground Foundation Gala at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago.  The black tie affair hosted many famous Chicagoans, actors and actresses and Com was introduced at the reception by Chicago’s Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel (who was introduced by Common’s mother).  Now that’s power.  Common also honored Maya Angelou, who…

I’ll go on record as saying the North Coast Fest 2010 had the best hip-hop lineup of any of the music festivals that Chicago hosted last summer.  Hands down.  I actually can’t say enough good things about North Coast, as it was a pleasant experience, they took care of their press (not shit on them like…

Produced by Karriem Riggins Well damn, they’re just going to go ahead and make my day with this one, huh?  New Common!?  I’ve been waiting a long time for this moment, but as it turns out, this joint isn’t exactly “new”, even though the public has yet to hear it.  Word is this joint was…

If you’ve been following Common’s career closely over the past few years, you’d know he’s been heavily involved in his Common Ground Foundation, which strives to help youth in underserved areas in Chicago and across the country. In April he’ll be hosting his yearly Foundation Gala at the Intercontinental Hotel, and will be honoring Dr. Maya…

And a happy belated birthday to Common as well. Hopefully we’ll be seeing him down at SXSW.

*Dead* at whomever made this video. I bet the Biebz was listening to “I Know I Got Skillz” in the locker room prior to the game.

Well fam-a-lam, I’ll be damned, it appears Rash has finally tested the waters his some of his new material off his long awaited project, The Dreamer, The Believer. He debuted “Believer” recently in Hawaii, and it sounds like it was produced by No I.D., but I can’t be sure.  The album will be his first…