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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Common (rapper), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Common (rapper)
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The character was created by Sylvester Stallone , who has also played him in all eight films in the franchise. He is portrayed as a working class or poor Italian-American from the slums of Philadelphia who started out as a club fighter and "enforcer" for a local loan shark . He is portrayed as overcoming the obstacles that had occurred in his life and in his career as a professional boxer . While the story of his first film is loosely inspired by Chuck Wepner, a former boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost by technical knockout in the 15th round, the inspiration for the name, iconography and fighting style came from boxing legend Rocco Francis". Rocky Marciano "Marchegiano , although his surname coincidentally also resembles that of middleweight boxing champion Thomas Rocco" Rocky Graziano "Barbella . The character is considered Stallone's most iconic role and is often considered the role that launched his film career. He received critical acclaim for his performance in the first film, earning Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. When Stallone reprised his role once again in 2015 for Creed , his performance received universal acclaim and he received his first Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor , along with his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor , the National Board of Critics for Best Actor and several other accolades.
