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Common was born on March 13, 1972, at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. He is 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. [15]
In an article for National Public Radio, journalist Robert Siegel wrote of Lonnie "Pops" Lynn: Lonnie "Pops" Lynn is the father of the rapper Common, and a regular contributor to his son's albums. Lynn's spoken poetry graces the last song on each CD. Lynn says tells Robert Siegel Common's influence set Lynn himself on the right path. [28]
Hudson, 42, and Common, 51, stepped out at the Los Angeles Clippers game on Wednesday, January 10. ... Hudson and Common (real name Lonnie Rashid Lynn) continued to step out together throughout ...
Like Common's previous two albums, Like Water for Chocolate closes with spoken word recited by Common's father Lonnie "Pops" Lynn. A slightly altered version of the album was released after its success on the charts, with the Macy Gray -assisted " Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I.
"Glory" is a song by American rapper Common (Lonnie Lynn, as awarded) and American singer John Legend. It was written by John Legend, Common, and Rhymefest. [2] [3] [4] The song was released on December 11, 2014, by Columbia Records as the theme song from the 2014 film Selma, which portrays the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Stony Island Avenue is a street that runs through the South Side of Chicago, where Common was raised. The closing track, "Pop's Rap" was the first of a series of tracks featuring spoken word and poetry by Common's father Lonnie "Pops" Lynn Sr., whom Common has used to close several of his albums since. Interlaced throughout the album are short ...
One Day It'll All Make Sense is the third studio album by rapper Common, released on September 30, 1997, on Relativity Records.It was the follow-up to his critically acclaimed album Resurrection and the last Common album to feature producer No I.D. until Common's 2011 album The Dreamer/The Believer.
Congratulations are in order to Omoye Assata Lynn, daughter of rapper Common, for her recent graduation from Howard University School The post Common shares heartfelt congratulations to daughter ...