Common has an estimated net worth of $35 million
Common is an American hip-hop artist and actor with an estimated net worth of $35 million. He is six feet tall and weighs 185 pounds. Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. was born on March 13, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up in Chicago’s south side, Common attended Luther High School South and as a teen had a job working with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. In 1992, after attending Florida A&M University, Common began trying his hand at hip-hop, debuting his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar? By 1999, the rapper released two more underground hip hop albums to critical acclaim and landed his first major label record deal with MCA Records.
In 2000, Common released his fourth album, Like Water for Chocolate, to huge commercial and critical success, earning his first gold record. 2005’s Be would follow, selling over 800,000 copies and garnering four 2006 Grammy Award nominations. By 2007, Common managed to secure his spot as a mainstream hip hop artist as well as keeping his underground fan base. His seventh album, Finding Forever (2007), which had collaborations with notable artists including Kanye West, Lily Allen and will.i.am, earned Common a number one spot on the Billboard 200 charts as well as another Grammy Award nomination for Best Album.
Common is currently working on his tenth studio album, slated to be released in 2014. As well as being an accomplished rapper/performer, Common has built an impressive acting resume appearing in over a dozen films including 2007’s American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington, and Just Wright (2010), opposite Queen Latifah. He is a huge advocate for animal rights, appearing in ads for PETA and is the founder of the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that mentors underprivileged youth. Common has never been married, but was romantically linked to actress Taraji P. Henson and tennis phenomenon, Serena Williams.
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