Common is now just one Tony Award short of an “EGOT,” that elusive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony win that only 12 people have been able to accomplish in a career. This past weekend, Common earned the “E” when he nabbed an Emmy Award for his socially conscious track “Letter to the Free,” from Ava […]
Straight off of his Hope & Redemption Tour, Common brought his social activism to the stage of a prison in California. The rapper took a trip to the Folsom State Prison to give a concert and inspire hope with his Imagine Justice project. Photos of Common’s trip were posted on the Imagine Justice Instagram as […]
Which of these celebrities DM’s would you slide in? And it’s okay if there’s more than one!
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Common and Jennifer Hudson are among the celebrities participating in an hour-long live television special about reinventing American high schools. The stars will be joined by more than two dozen celebrities slated to appear on the “EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live ” special that will […]
TMZ ran into Common as he was leaving LAX Wednesday and asked him about President Trump’s new threat of sending the feds in to curb violence in Chicago. Trump tweeted Wednesday: “If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible “carnage” going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in […]
Common is much more than another rapper from the south side of Chicago. The Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning rapper is also a philanthropist and social activist, who makes no qualms about speaking out about the social injustice that plagues the African American community. All which he discusses brilliantly in his newest album, Black America […]
In a town where secrets are extremely hard to come by, Common and Regina Hall have managed to keep their reported romance on the low for more than a year. According to the Daily Mail, the two have been dating ever since May 2015, when they met on the Atlanta set of their film, “Barbershop: […]
We are taking a look at all of the father’s out there who need someone to “put a ring on it.”
Alicia Keys and her “We Are Here” movement teamed up with MIC and some of the world’s biggest celebs for a powerful video titled 23 Ways You Can Be Killed If You’re Black. In the video, celebs from Beyonce to U2’s Bono list off reasons black people have been killed in the United States of America […]
Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are reunited in the hilarious comedy Barbershop: The Next Cut. The third installment features an all-star cast including Anthony Anderson, Eve, JB Smoove, Lamorne Morris, Common, Nicki Minaj, Regina Hall and more. Ice Cube and Lamorne talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the film and they both […]
