Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.

His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. 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 best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. 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.

Common 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. 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, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. 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. He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels.

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Lonnie Jr. miał sześć lat, kiedy jego rodzice się rozwiedli. Common działalność artystyczną rozpoczął z trio C.D.R., które otwierało koncerty m.in. N.W.A i Big Daddy Kane’a. Raper musiał zrezygnować z muzykowania z kolegami, kiedy rozpoczął studia na Florida A&M University. Nauka nie potrwała jednak długo i już w 1992 roku zadebiutował singlem „Take It EZ”, który zapowiadał jego debiutancką płytę, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, opatrzoną pseudonimem Common Sense.

Лонни (Common) Рашид Линн-мл.

Common дебютировал в 1992 году с альбомом Can I Borrow a Dollar?, благодаря которому получил признание множества андеграундных рэперов в конце 90-х, после чего он присоединился к Soulquarians. Второй альбом Like Water for Chocolate получил хорошие отзывы критиков и коммерческий успех. Обладатель двух премий Грэмми. Также активно снимается в кино.

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. ( Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 13 de marzo de 1972) más conocido por Common o inicialmente como Common Sense, es un rapero y actor estadounidense.

Su álbum debut en un sello mayor, Like Water for Chocolate, fue aclamado por los críticos y tuvo éxito comercial, mientras que su último álbum, Be, en el que Kanye West produce nueve temas, vendió 800.000 copias y fue candidato a un Grammy como Mejor Álbum de Rap. También es conocido por su papel de Elam Ferguson en la serie original de AMC: Hell on Wheels.

En el 2014, fue ganador, junto a John Legend, del Oscar a la Mejor Canción Original, por la canción «Glory». En el 2017, participó en la película: John Wick, Pacto de Sangre. Junto a Keanu Reeves (John Wick). Como némesis de John Wick, y guardaespaldas personal de uno de los objetivos de Wick en Roma.

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