Facts About Common And LETTER TO THE FREE MUSIC VIDEO BY COMMON FT BILAL

  • He’s an American rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist and activist
  • His full name is Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn
  • His title is DR which shows he is an educator
  • He’s got a net worth of $45 million
  •  The son of educator Mahalia Ann Hines and former ABA basketball player turned youth counselor Lonnie Lynn Jr
  • When C.D.R dissolved by 1991, Lynn began a solo career under the stage name of Common Sense
  • In 1999 he signed a major label record deal with MCA records and relocated from Chicago to NYC
  • Music Video:
  • Was in black and white which could have been done to make it appear more intense
  • In a prison which could suggest he feels trapped and what he’s rapping about is serious
  • Long intro and outro in order to create suspense
  • Civil Rights Movement – eg black lives matter campaign
  • Slavery, Civil war between North and South USA
  • Prisoners were used for slave labour in private prisons

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