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.Ĭommon 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.
His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. 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 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single " Love of My Life".
Ĭommon's first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection.
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor.