Search results
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois. He is the recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
Lonnie Lynn Jr. [1] (May 24, 1943 – September 12, 2014), nicknamed "Pops", was an American basketball player. Life and career. Lynn was born on May 24, 1943, in Chicago, the son of Mabel and Lonnie Lynn, a construction worker. [2] [3]
Sep 16, 2014 · Lonnie Lynn, a former basketball player and a poet who appeared on Common's albums, passed away in 2014. He shared his struggles with drugs, fatherhood and dreams in his spoken-word poems.
- Ryan Pearson
May 9, 2019 · Common, whose real name is Lonnie Lynn, was starring in the film The Tale, which is about a woman's childhood sexual abuse, when he remembered the experience.
Lonnie Lynn, spoken-word poet and father of rapper Common, has died. The 71-year-old passed on Friday, which Common relayed in an interview on Monday in Los Angeles. Fans of the rapper would recognize Lynn’s voice, as he often closed his son’s albums with a soulful poem.
May 27, 2020 · Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. on March 13, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois to educator Mahalia Ann Hines and basketball player Lonnie Lynn Sr.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lonnie Lynn, known to hip-hop fans for his soulful spoken-word poems on rapper son Common's albums, has died.
