Common

Common is an American hip-hop recording artist and actor who debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?.

In 1994, he released his second album Resurrection, In 1996, Common appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly. He would also contribute to the Red Hot Organization's Fela Kuti tribute album, Red Hot and Riot in 2002.

Common's third album, One Day It'll All Make Sense, was released in September 1997, and included collaborations with Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Canibus, Black Thought, Chantay Savage, and Questlove.

In 2000, his fourth album, Like Water for Chocolate,  and featured the songs "Cold Blooded", "Geto Heaven Part II", "A Song For Assata", "Pop's Rap Part 3...All My Children" and "The 6th Sense", The single "The Light" was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Common would appear on Kayne West's debut album, The College Dropout, and announced his signing to West's then-newfound label GOOD Music. This was followed by Common's next album, Be, in May 2005, and featured the singles "The Corner", and "Go!".

Common's seventh LP, Finding, Forever was released in July 2007 and featured "So Far To Go" and "The People". The album was nominated for Best Rap Album and Common would win his second Grammy for "Southside" which won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group.

Common's eighth album, Universal Mind Control,  was released in December 2008 and featured the singles "Universal Mind Control". His ninth album, The Dreamer, The Believer, was released in 2011 with the singles "Ghetto Dreams" and "Blue Sky".

Common announced his tenth solo studio album will be released in September 2013 and will feature Kanye West.