Common

Lonnie Rashid Lynn born March 13 1972 known by his stage name Common formerly Common Sense is an American rapper and actor He has received three Grammy Awards an Academy Award a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians His first majorlabel album Like Water for Chocolate 2000 received commercial success In 2003 he won the Grammy Award for Best RB Song for the Erykah Badu single Love of My Life His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Southside featuring Kanye West from his 2007 album Finding Forever His bestof album Thisisme Then The Best of Common was released in late 2007 In 2011 Common launched Think Common Entertainment his own record label imprint having previously released music under various other labels including Relativity Geffen and GOOD Music Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for his song cowritten and performed with John Legend Glory from the 2014 film Selma in which he costarred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel Commons acting career also includes roles in the films Smokin Aces Street Kings American Gangster Wanted Terminator Salvation Date Night Just Wright Happy Feet Two New Years Eve Run All Night Being Charlie Rex John Wick Chapter 2 Smallfoot and Hunter Killer He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats about one mans efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hiphopbboy culture He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels Description above from the Wikipedia article Common rapper licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia