The Grio

Common and Pete Rock’s joint album, ‘The Auditorium Vol. 1,’ is a hip-hop album I didn’t even know I was waiting for

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There was a time when the pairing of rapper Common and producer Pete Rock ...
7News Miami

Rap collab: Common and Pete Rock talk about recording first joint album ‘The Auditorium Vol. 1’

They worked together in 1996, and now, hip-hop icons Common and Pete Rock have reunited for their first joint album. Their 15-track collab just dropped, and they’re giving us the deets on what fans ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Why Common wrote a song about a Cincinnati rap group when he was 12 years old

Common will perform with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on Oct. 25 with Damon Gupton conducting. Common was nervous. Now, for an Oscar- and Grammy-winning rapper/singer/actor who has sustained a ...
Rolling Stone

Jeezy and Common Talk Rap’s Political Evolution in ‘Hip-Hop and the White House’ Trailer

Jeezy, Common, Chika, and more discuss the entwined histories of rap and politics in the new trailer for Hip-Hop and the White House, an upcoming documentary premiering April 22 on Hulu. Directed by ...