Rapper Common is helping out inmates at the Statesville Correctional Center, by paying for a brand new studio for the inmates to use! The “Glory” chart-topper’s goal is to provide those doing time ...

On this day in hip-hop history, Common makes his rap debut, Kurupt shows respect to his East and West Coast roots, Pras and Bizzy Bone make a solo go of it, and Mack 10 delivers The Recipe. In 1992, ...

Since debuting a quarter-century ago with 1992’s Can I Borrow a Dollar?, Chicago rapper Common has blazed a singular trail with dense, political poetry and an instrumental style that fuses jazz, soul, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Mixing boards, musical instruments, microphones and sound panels. You wouldn't expect to see all that equipment in a prison. But it's part of a new program for inmates at Stateville ...

Award-winning rapper, actor, and activist Common is a hip-hop legend with an illustrious career spanning decades. At 51, he’s been alive for as long as the genre itself, which celebrated 50 years of ...

Common’s 20th anniversary edition of his 2005 album Be includes a studio version of “The Food.” Ever since Common included a performance of the track that he and Kanye West did on the Dave Chappelle ...

Look out Hip-Hop purists for some ’90s heavyweight OG’s who are linking up to give us older heads something new for 2024. On Monday (Jan. 22), Common was a featured guest on Late Night with Seth ...

Common's 20th anniversary edition of his 2005 album Be includes a studio version of "The Food." Ever since Common included a performance of the track that he and Kanye West did on the Dave Chappelle ...