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The song ' I Used to Love H.E.R.' from Resurrection ignited a feud with West Coast rap group Westside Connection. He collaborated with Djelimady Tounkara on a remake of Kuti's track, 'Years of Tears and Sorrow'. He would later also contribute to the Red Hot Organization's Fela Kuti tribute album, Red Hot and Riot in 2002. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as 'a masterpiece' by The Source magazine. In 1996, Common Sense appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America Is Dying Slowly (A.I.D.S.), alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. Resurrection was Common Sense's last album produced almost entirely by his long-time production partner, No I.D., who would later become a mentor to a young Kanye West. The album sold relatively well and received a strong positive reaction among alternative and underground hip hop fans at the time. With the 1994 release of Resurrection, Common Sense achieved a much larger degree of critical acclaim which extended beyond the Chicago music scene. After being featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine, he debuted as a solo artist in 1992 with the single ' Take It EZ', followed by the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?. When C.D.R dissolved by 1991, Lynn began a solo career under the stage name of Common Sense. Lynn began rapping in the late 1980s, while a student at Luther High School South in Chicago, when he, along with two of his friends, formed C.D.R., a rap trio that opened for acts such as N.W.A and Big Daddy Kane.

Music career 1987Р Р†Р вЂљРІР‚Сљ1996: Career beginnings Lynn attended Florida A&M University for two years under a scholarship and majored in business administration. This left Lynn to be raised by his mother however, his father remained active in his life, and was able to get him a job with the Chicago Bulls as a teenager. Lynn's parents divorced when he was six years old, resulting in his father moving to Denver, Colorado. He was raised in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. 2.5.2 Artium Recordings and Nobody's SmilingР вЂќР’В¬ommon was born on March 13, 1972, at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, the son of educator and former principal of John Hope College Preparatory High School, Mahalia Ann Hines and former ABA basketball player turned youth counselor Lonnie Lynn.2.5.1 The Dreamer/The Believer and feud with Drake.

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He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels. 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. 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, Smallfootand Hunter Killer. 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.Р вЂќР’В¬ommon 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. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. 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 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single ' Love of My Life'. Р вЂќР’В¬ommon's first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor.