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Lonnie Rashid Lynn , Common Sense, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.
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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 major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B 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 best-of 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, co-written and performed with John Legend, "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. Common's 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 Year's Eve, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1972-03-13
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 13.9
- info Birth Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Common
6.7
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005-09-12
6.1
Terminator Salvation
2009-05-20
6.7
Street Kings
2008-04-10
4.7
Fool's Paradise
2023-05-12
7.6
American Gangster
2007-11-02
0
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023-01-31
6.5
Smokin' Aces
2006-12-09
6.6
Wanted
2008-06-19
1
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005-03-22
0
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023-03-04
6.1
Date Night
2010-04-08
6.6
Just Wright
2010-05-14
7
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021-11-20
6.4
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021-12-03
6.2
Happy Feet Two
2011-11-17
6.4
Beef
2003-08-03
7.1
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011-07-08
7.1
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012-08-15
5.8
LUV
2013-01-18
7.3
Now You See Me
2013-05-29
0
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023-04-07
4.7
Movie 43
2013-01-24
8.7
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
2005-01-01
5.6
Pawn
2013-04-23
8.4
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017-06-13
0
Bouncing Cats
2010-04-29
6.5
Run All Night
2015-03-11
10
Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League
7
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013-06-21
6.6
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012-06-15
4.5
X/Y
2014-04-19
5.8
Breathe
2024-04-04
7.4
Selma
2014-12-25
0
5 Sides of a Coin
2004-11-12
0
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025-01-10
5
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022-11-10
8.5
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023-12-10
6.3
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016-04-15
6.1
Every Secret Thing
2014-04-20
6
Suicide Squad
2016-08-03
6.3
Entourage
2015-06-03
7.5
Unity
2015-08-12
7.1
The Wiz Live!
2015-12-03
6.2
Being Charlie
2015-09-14
8
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015-10-01
6
Hip-Hop and the White House
2024-04-22
5.7
Love Beats Rhymes
2017-12-01
7.4
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017-02-08
7.2
Two Trains Runnin'
2016-04-08
0
Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024-06-09
6.9
Hunter Killer
2018-10-19
5.9
New Year's Eve
2011-12-08
7.3
Megan Leavey
2017-06-09
5.5
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017-05-05
7.9
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016-10-14
7.3
Chasing Trane
2017-04-14
0
Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017-06-13
6.6
The Informer
2019-08-30
6.9
Girls Trip
2017-07-21
6
The Words That Built America
2017-07-04
6.7
Brown Sugar
2002-10-05
6.3
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017-05-23
6
All About Nina
2018-09-28
7.1
The Tale
2018-01-20
5.2
Here and Now
2018-11-09
6.8
Smallfoot
2018-09-20
8.1
The Hate U Give
2018-10-19
1
Black America Again
2016-10-21
9
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016-11-15
7
Ocean's Eight
2018-06-07
6.1
The Kitchen
2019-08-08
5.9
Ava
2020-07-02
6.9
Saint Judy
2019-03-01
1
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005-03-22
10
Brave New Voices 2010
2010-01-01
6.2
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007-05-16
0
Music
2010-10-15
7.6
The Price of Protest
2019-08-18
6.2
A Most Beautiful Thing
2020-06-18
7.2
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2020-01-07
7.9
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020-04-21
2
Letter to the President
2005-03-29
0
Letter to the Free
2016-11-01
5.8
Alice
2022-03-18
5
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998-11-10
0
Hate to See You Go
7
One World: Together at Home
2020-04-18
8
Soundz of Spirit
2005-02-08
0
Paragraphs I Manifest
0
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024-11-20
7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011-11-06
8.1
One on One
2001-09-03
5.6
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26
8.1
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005-07-28
5.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05
7.4
Girlfriends
2000-09-11
5.2
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
8
Scrubs
2001-10-02
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13
0
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006-07-10
1
Shut Up and Dribble
2018-11-03
8.2
Never Have I Ever
2020-04-27
6.8
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2022-02-16
0
Black in the 80s
2005-02-01
5.1
TRL
1998-09-14
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
4.7
Framework
2015-01-06
6.3
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
7.5
MTV Video Music Awards
1984-09-14
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015-04-02
6.3
The Mindy Project
2012-09-25
4.4
The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07
5.2
America Divided
2016-10-29
5.6
Game Over
2004-03-10
5.1
Chelsea
2016-05-11
7.1
American Masters
1986-06-23
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09
6.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12
6.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09
5.4
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17
4.5
The View
1997-08-11
3.6
Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15
6.4
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022-11-21
0
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019-09-05
6.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
8
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
6
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21
4
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014-02-06
8.2
Silo
2023-05-04
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007-10-14
5.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020-09-01
7.5
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020-06-29
8.1
Chappelle's Show
2003-01-22
0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020-05-03
8.1
The Chi
2018-01-07
1
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
2024-09-24
