Common
Common
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 March 1972
CountryUnited States of America
song moving people
There [are] times when I put out an album, and I don't hear my songs really on the radio a lot, and it's like, Dang, I ain't inside that world. But I'm still moving some people or touching some people.
barack
One of the great aspects about [Barack Obama] is who he is as a human.
party
DJ Jazzy Jeff is the best DJ you can have at a party. Did you see his playlist? He has good taste.
country believe struggle
I was able to meet young black people from all over the country who were focused on education and on elevating themselves.I'm endorsing and supporting this initiative because I believe college is a blessing, and for young black people coming out of areas that are struggling ... for them to see college as their future, that's a blessing.
rap hip-hop hips
I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics
men community black
I'm a black man that is proud to be black, and I want to help the black community, but I love all mankind.
character play said
I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor.
thinking artist acting
Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.
school kids parent
I've met kids who haven't had the best of parents but because they had something in them, or they had somebody at school help develop them, they turned out fine.
men practice perfect
Your body is you. That's your temple. So, eating wisely helps you function for the day. If you want to look good and feel good, you gotta eat good. What you put into your temple, man, is very important. I learned that later on in life, but I started putting that into practice. I'm not perfect in my eating. I just try to live healthily, and to take care of myself so that during this lifetime I can live good.
imagination creative able
To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that the Creator has given you.
powerful hip-hop elements
One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.
knowing judging the-end-of-the-day
God is my guide, so I try to not judge myself too much, knowing that at the end of the day, my greatest judge will be Jehovah God.
pain compassion white
Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that - some pain and anger that come with that and we as black people have to deal with it to heal that. White people have to understand it and have some compassion toward it.