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 ...

Common and Jennifer Hudson are going strong, so much so that she's featured on his new album. On Tuesday, the rapper announced his upcoming collab album with producer and DJ Pete Rock, "The Auditorium ...

The rapper and actor opens up to PEOPLE about his new collaborative album 'The Auditorium Vol. 1' Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. The two hip-hop icons are teaming up for a project steeped in ...

In the press release for the new album, Common said of working with the genre-defining producer, “Pete Rock is one of The Greatest Creators Hip Hop and Music has ever seen. It has been a dream of mine ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Dec. 10, 2002, Common (born Lonnie Rashid Lynn) released his fifth ...

On the album's 20th anniversary, it's much easier to recognize Be as a crucial intersection record — not simply for Common, on his way to becoming rap's hokey, well-intentioned uncle, but for hip-hop ...

On “When We Move” — the propulsive, Afro-funky jazzercise track that sets your body, soul and spirit in motion on A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2 — Common makes a stirring statement about the ...

Common was one of the many rappers who performed at the star-studded Hip-Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium in August. “I’ve been creating a new project,” he told Melber. “I’m working on a new album with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Similarly, Pete Rock is one of boom-bap, ’90s era hip-hop’s most vaunted and respected producers. He, too, has hip-hop canon-level ...