Common

Common
General information
Birthname	Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Born	March 13, 1972
Other names	Common Sense
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1987–present
Musical career
Genres	Rap
Instruments	Vocals
Physical characteristics
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Brown
Other
Website	https://www.thinkcommon.com/

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. The recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, he signed with the independent label Relativity Records at the age of 20. The label released his first three studio albums: Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved mainstream success through his work with the Black music collective Soulquarians.

Collaborations

Kanye West

• Kon the Louis Vuitton Don (2004)
  • Better Than Yours (ft. Common)

• The College Dropout (2004)
  • Get Em High (ft. Talib Kweli, Common)

• The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005)
  • Jesus Walks (remix) (ft. Ma$e, Common)

• Late Registration (2005)
  • We Can Make It Better (ft. Common, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Rhymefest, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams)
  • My Way Home (with Common)
  • Back To Basics (ft. Common)

• GOOD Fridays (2010)
  • Good Friday (ft. Common, Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Big Sean, Charlie Wilson)

• Cruel Summer (2012)
  • The Morning (with Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, CyHi, Kid Cudi, D'Banj & Andrea Martin)

Unreleased

• Espresso (with Common) (ft. Elon Rutberg) (2012)
• In God's Country (ft. Justin Bieber, KayCyy & Common) (2020)

Common

• Be (2005)/Executive production
  • The Corner (ft. Kanye West, The Last Poets)
  • GO! (ft. Kanye West, John Legend)
  • The Food (Live) (ft. Kanye West)
  • They Say (ft. Kanye West, John Legend)

• Finding Forever (2007)/Executive production
  • Southside (ft. Kanye West)

• Universal Mind Control (2008)/Executive production
  • Punch Drunk Love (ft. Pharrell Williams, Kanye West)

• Single; Next Time (Just Wright)/Production (2010)

Unreleased

• Stoned/Production

Other artists

• Malik Yusef- Wouldn’t You Like to Ride (ft. Common, Kanye West & JoVaughn Clark) (2003)
• Talib Kweli- Wack N***az (ft. Kanye West, Consequence & Common) (2004)
• Consequence- Mixtape Inc. Outro (ft. Common, Kanye West) (2004)
• Syleena Johnson - Bull's-Eye (Suddenly) (ft. Common)/Production (2004)
• The Game- Angel (ft. Common)/Production (2008)
• Kid Cudi- Make Her Say (ft. Kanye West, Common) (2009)
• Malik Yusef- Magic Man (ft. Kanye West, Common, John Legend) (2009)
• Consequence- Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Remix) (ft. Kid Cudi, Kanye West, John Legend, Common & Big Sean) (2010)
• The Game - Jesus Piece (ft. Kanye West & Common) (2012)