Common

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activist actor human rapper record producer songwriter

Common is an American rapper, actor, and activist known for his socially conscious lyrics and influential role in conscious hip-hop.

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	activist → actor → human → rapper → record producer → songwriter →
activismFocus	criminal justice reform → racial equality → social justice →
alsoKnownAs	Common Sense →
associatedAct	Erykah Badu → J Dilla → John Legend → Kanye West → Mos Def → No I.D. → Talib Kweli → The Roots →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Song → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song → Grammy Award for Best R&B Song → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group →
birthName	Lonnie Rashid Lynn →
citizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1972-03-13 →
filmAppearance	American Gangster → John Wick: Chapter 2 → Just Wright → Selma → Smokin' Aces →
founded	Common Ground Foundation →
genre	alternative hip hop → conscious hip hop → hip hop →
notableSong	Glory → Testify → The People →
notableWork	Be → Black America Again → Electric Circus → Finding Forever → I Used to Love H.E.R. → Let Love → Like Water for Chocolate → Nobody's Smiling → One Day It'll All Make Sense → Resurrection → The Light → Universal Mind Control →
occupation	activist → actor → rapper → writer →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
recordLabel	Def Jam Recordings → GOOD Music → Geffen Records → MCA Records → Relativity Records →
televisionAppearance	Hell on Wheels →

Referenced by (201)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Be → Be → Be (Intro) → Black America Again → Black Maybe → Changes → Drivin' Me Wild → Electric Circus → Finding Forever → Finding Forever → Forever Begins → Glory → Home (Common song) → I Used to Love H.E.R. → I Want You → Let Love → Letter to the Free → Like Water for Chocolate → Love Star → Make My Day → Misunderstood → Nobody's Smiling → One Day It'll All Make Sense → Punch Drunk Love → Pyramids → Resurrection → Sex 4 Suga → So Far To Go → Southside → Start the Show → The Corner → The Day Women Took Over → The Dreamer/The Believer → The Light → The Light → The People → Universal Mind Control → Universal Mind Control → Universal Mind Control → Universal Mind Control → What a World →	artist
Be → Be → Be (Intro) → Black America Again → Black America Again → Black Maybe → Changes → Drivin' Me Wild → Electric Circus → Finding Forever → Forever Begins → Glory → Home (Common song) → I Used to Love H.E.R. → I Want You → Let Love → Letter to the Free → Like Water for Chocolate → Love Star → Make My Day → Misunderstood → My Way Home → Nobody's Smiling → One Day It'll All Make Sense → Punch Drunk Love → Pyramids → Resurrection → Sex 4 Suga → So Far To Go → Southside → Start the Show → The Corner → The Day Women Took Over → The Dreamer/The Believer → The Light → The Light → The People → Universal Mind Control → Universal Mind Control → What a World →	performer
ARTium Recordings → BJ the Chicago Kid → Bilal → Erykah Badu → J Dilla → Jill Scott → John Legend → Karriem Riggins → Kid Cudi → Southside → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter → The Roots →	associatedAct
Be (Intro) → Drivin' Me Wild → Glory → I Used to Love H.E.R. → Make My Day → My Way Home → Southside → The Corner → The Day Women Took Over → The Light → The Light → The People →	writer
Fool's Paradise → John Wick: Chapter 2 → Just Wright → Megan Leavey → Smokin' Aces → Terminator Salvation → The Tale →	starring
Forever Begins → Glory → Letter to the Free → Misunderstood → So Far To Go → Start the Show →	composer
Forever Begins → I Used to Love H.E.R. → Letter to the Free → Misunderstood → Start the Show → The Day Women Took Over →	lyricist
Illadelph Halflife → Late Registration → Rising Down → Things Fall Apart →	featuresArtist
Electric Circus → Like Water for Chocolate → Resurrection → Universal Mind Control →	notableWorkOf
Electric Circus → Let Love → One Day It'll All Make Sense → Resurrection →	producer
Glory → I Want You → Make My Day → The Day Women Took Over →	recordedBy
Changes → Forever Begins → Love Star → Sex 4 Suga →	recordingArtist
Cruel Summer → GOOD Music → Go! →	hasArtist
Pyramids → Southside →	albumArtist
Lonnie Lynn → Lonnie Lynn →	child
Bilal → J Dilla →	collaboratedWith
My Way Home → Unpredictable →	featuredArtist
Changes → Go! →	hasPerformer
No I.D. → The Last Poets →	influenced
The Dreamer/The Believer → Universal Mind Control →	mainPerformer
Changes → The Light →	musicalArtist
Glory → I Want You →	vocalist
No I.D. → Plain Pat →	workedWith
Selma (2014 film) →	actor
Common Sense →	alsoKnownAs
Big Sean →	associatedWith
My Way Home →	containsRappingBy
Robin McLeavy →	coStarredWith
Changes →	creator
Be →	executiveProducer
Punch Drunk Love →	featuresRappingBy
Drivin' Me Wild →	followsSingleArtist
Common Ground Foundation →	foundedBy
Robert Glasper →	hasCollaboratedWith
Common Ground Foundation →	hasFounderStageName
Make My Day →	hasLeadRapper
The Light →	hasLyricist
Getting Out Our Dreams →	hasNotableArtist
Go! →	hasPrimaryArtist
So Far To Go →	hasSongwriterRole
Southside →	hasVocalContribution
Go! →	hasWriter
Chance the Rapper →	influencedBy
The Light →	isSignatureSongOf
Glory →	livePerformanceBy
Soulquarians →	member
Man on the Moon: The End of Day →	narrator
ARTium Recordings →	notableArtist
The Light →	performerName
Scott McKnight →	portrayedBy
Drivin' Me Wild →	precedesSingleArtist
Geffen Records →	signedArtist
Selma (2014 film) →	songPerformer
Common →	stageName
Common Sense →	stageNameOf
Hell on Wheels →	starred
They Say →	usedByArtist