Common is opening up about his new album, and how his girlfriend Jennifer Hudson inspired a few tracks. The rapper released his collab album with producer and DJ Pete Rock, "The Auditorium, Vol. 1," ...

Award-winning rapper, actor, and activist Common is a hip-hop legend with an illustrious career spanning decades. At 51, he’s been alive for as long as the genre itself, which celebrated 50 years of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Common was trying not to crack a smile. The rapper-turned-actor-turned-author was in the midst of having his face powdered in preparation for an interview with a cable music channel.