Yup! Everyone on VH1’s Single Ladies is not single. In the scene below April is caught off guard by the Mayor, played by Common, who she is having an affair with. The Mayor doesn’t want to share April anymore and tells her to stop sleeping with her husband. The thing is, the Mayor is also married […]

Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Jon Stewart took  Bill O’Reilly to task about his objections towards rapper Common’s visit to the White House. Stewart tells O’Reilly that even Bono wrote a song about Leonard Peltier and that Bob Dylan wrote a song about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was also convicted of murder. Both artists […]

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images This is too funny! Jon Stewart goes in on Fox News for hating on Common performing poetry at the White House! RELATED: Common Performs Poetry At White House [VIDEO] RELATED: Michelle Obama Under Fire By Right Wingers For Inviting Common To Poetry Event RELATED: Much More Common On TheBeatofPhilly.com

Did you really think that Barack was going to keep one of Chicago’s finest out of the building? Contrary to reports that conservative pressure caused the White House to revoke Common’s invitation to celebrate poetry, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. took the stage to perform at the White House’s Celebration of American Poetry. Spotted @ RapRadar […]

Now that President Obama has released his birth certificate, and captured and killed Osama Bin Laden, the right wingers in the United States need something to complain about.  They’ve fallen back on an old standby from the 80s and 90s – hip-hop.

Hip-hop star Common is opening up his recording studio to one lucky fan, in a bid to raise $50,000 for kids living in high risk communities. The hip-hop “legend” (or so says his website), is the driving force behind a very worthwhile foundation called the “Common Ground Foundation,” which he says aims to help people […]

Cee Lo Green‘s “Bodies” is one of our favorite tracks from Green’s latest album, The Lady Killer.  The dramatic slow jam gets an animated video directed by Mikael Colombu and features “appearances” from Kerry Washington, Janelle Monae, Raphael Saadiq, Common, Bilal, and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

In honor of what would have been producer/MC J Dilla’s 37th birthday, Gifted Team Films, Okay Player, and Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins have released the documentary Still Shining which tells the story of his life through interviews with his family, friends, and artists he worked with.  Dilla died on February 10th, 2006, just days after […]

The 10th Annual Jack In The Box Shoot Out took place in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend with celebrities Chris Brown, Common, Terrence J, Pooch Hall and Lil’ Romeo. The Phoenix Suns run the event to raise money for their charities each year.

Common gives the people in Hawaii a new tune!! Sounds ILL … We need the official version, please! Legggo!!

Serena Williams’ best friend, Selita Ebanks paid The Wendy Williams Show and was hit with a question about her friend’s relationship with Common.  Wendy wanted to know if Common had proposed to Serena over the holidays as was rumored.

Common and Serena Williams are not only officially back together, but they may be engaged. Serena’s best friend Selita Ebanks was ont he Wendy Williams show recently and almost confirmed that the couple’s engagement rumors are true. When the talk show host asked, Selita answered, “I’m the best friend and I wouldn’t be the best […]