Yahoo Lifestyle Common Signs With CAA & Anonymous Content
EXCLUSIVE: Lonnie Rashid Lynn, the musical artist, actor, author and activist known professionally as Common, has expanded his team of reps by signing with both CAA and Anonymous Content.
A rapper known for his intelligent, nimbly performed lyrics of political consciousness, who’s put over a dozen studio albums since the early 1990s, Common is the recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
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His Oscar came for Best Original Song “Glory,” which he penned for the film Selma, in which he also co-starred as civil rights leader James Bevel. He also shared a songwriting nom with Diane Warren for the tune “Stand Up for Something” penned for the film Marshall.
Currently starring alongside Rebecca Ferguson on Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Silo, which is heading into its fourth and final season, Common recently made his Broadway acting debut in Between Riverside and Crazy. A constant advocate for social change, focused on inequality, education, and criminal justice reform, he’s the founder of Free to Dream, which seeks to empower youths to be strong leaders in the world.
Common continues to be represented by Ceremony Music Group, The Lede Company, SMAC Entertainment, and Myman Greenspan Fox.
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