Common

Jazz pianist and music producer Robert Glasper treated New Yorkers to a special album release show at Best Buy Theater to commemorate his newly released sixth record, ‘Black Radio 2,’ Tuesday night (Oct. 29). Special guests included Marsha Ambrosius and Common, who both appear on the album.

The Robert Glasper Experiment deliver an inspirational new single, 'I Stand Alone,' that features fellow Illinois natives Common and Patrick Stump, the latter of whom you might know as the lead singer for Fall Out Boy.

'Quicksand' is the latest offering from Detroit's Yancey Boys, aka the duo of J Dilla comrades Frank Nitt and Illa J, who are joined by songstress Dezi Paige and Common.

Rick Famuyiwa’s 'Brown Sugar' is about two characters’ lifelong love of hip-hop, so it stands to reason that its soundtrack captures the essence of what makes hip-hop great. Erykah Badu’s team-up with Common, 'Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip-Hop),' serves as aequel of sorts to Common’s 'I Used To Love H...

Alicia Keys has announced the dates for her 24-city Set the World on Fire tour, featuring support by Miguel. The tour kicks off April 18. Nas is already hard at work on his followup to 2012 hit Life is Good. "I'm in the zone right now and I feel real good about where I'm at, so I gotta take advantage of it," he told Angie Martinez...

While fans continue holding their breath for an OutKast reunion, it looks like the best we're gonna get at this point is Big Boi hopping on a remix of a song featuring Andre 3000, as he's doing with Frank Ocean's "Pink Matter" and T.I.'s "Sorry...

NEW YORK (AP) - When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving two life sentences for the 1975 execution-style deaths of two FBI agents, he did some research before giving his answer...

The G.O.O.D. Music crew won't let the passing season stop them from celebrating the release of their compilation album, Cruel Summer. Pusha T, Big Sean, Teyana Taylor, CyHi Da Prynce and Common teamed up to talk about the new LP, address rumors and serve candid conversation with Power 105...

Timbuck2 keeps himself in the mix; he doesn't need a co-sign. The Chicago-based DJ has always taken pride in creating new avenues and being self-sufficient. It's a lesson he learned early. "As far as everything I've done with my life and my career, I've never had no help from nobody," he tells The BoomBox...

Common served some rap classics, flirted with women and gave a reminder of a loss in the hip-hop community during his performance at Rock the Bells Sunday (Sept. 2) at PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey. "When you come to Rock the Bells you gotta be ready to party," he said to the lively crowd...