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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Chicago-bred rapper who, in recent years, has become one of the more prominent... more
Trivia:
He was engaged to singer Erykah Badu. more
Awards:
1 win
&
1 nomination
more
NewsDesk:
(371 articles)
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Alternate Names:
Common Sense
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- "So You Think You Can Dance" (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
... aka S.Y.T.Y.C.D. (USA)
... aka American Dance Idol (Japan: English title) [en]
... aka Táncolj, ha tudsz! (Hungary) [hu]
- Top 16 Perform (2009) TV episode (performer: "What a World")
- Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated (2008) TV episode (performer: "Universal Mind Control") - "No disparen al pianista" (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #2.13 (2009) TV episode (performer: "Go/Sex 4 Sugar") - "Grey's Anatomy" (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Grey's Anatomy (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
... aka A Grace klinika (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Anatomía de Grey (Spain) [es]
... aka Anatomia lui Grey (Romania) [ro]
... aka Chirurgové (Czech Republic) [cs]
... aka Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Grey anatoomia (Estonia) [et]
... aka Grey's Anatomy (France: dubbed version) [fr]
... aka Grey's Anatomy (Italy) [it]
... aka Grey's Anatomy (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Grey's Anatomy (À coeur ouvert) (France) [fr]
... aka Grey's Anatomy - Die jungen Ärzte (Germany) [de]
... aka Greyn anatomia (Finland) [fi]
... aka Greys hvide verden (Denmark) [da]
... aka Mathimata anatomias (Greece) [el]
... aka Talenti v belem (Slovenia) [sl]
... aka Uvod u anatomiju (Croatia) [hr]
- Stand by Me (2009) TV episode (performer: "Everywhere" (uncredited)) - Freedom Writers (2007) (performer: "A Dream") ("A Dream")
... aka Écrire pour exister (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
... aka Diarios de la calle (Spain) [es]
... aka Escritores da Liberdade (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Escritores de la libertad (Mexico) [es]
... aka Escritores de libertad (Argentina: DVD title) [es]
... aka Freedom Writers (Greece: cable TV title) [el]
... aka Freedom Writers (Italy) [it] - Smokin' Aces (2006) (performer: "Play Your Cards Right") ("Play Your Cards Right")
... aka Mi$e à prix (France)
... aka Äss mättasse (Estonia) [et]
... aka A Última Cartada (Brazil) [pt]
... aka As u rukavu (Croatia: DVD title) [hr]
... aka Ases calientes (Spain) [es]
... aka Assos sto maniki (Greece) [el]
... aka Coup fumant (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka La última carta (Argentina) [es]
... aka Um Trunfo Na Manga (Portugal: cable TV title) [pt] - Block Party (2005) (writer: "Get Em High", "Love of My Life") (performer: "Get Em High", "Move Somethin'", "Jesus Walks", "Love of My Life", "Umi Says", "Get By")
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title)
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Greece) [el]
... aka La fiesta de Dave Chapelle (Argentina: cable TV title) [es] - Brown Sugar (2002) (writer: "Act Too (Love of My Life)", "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)", "I Used to Love H.E.R.") (performer: "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)", "I Used to Love H.E.R.")
... aka Seven Days
... aka Brown Sugar (Spain) [es]
... aka Brown Sugar (Greece: TV title) [el]
... aka Código de amor (Argentina: video title) [es]
... aka No Embalo do Amor (Brazil: cable TV title) [pt] - Orange County (2002) (performer: "The Light") ("The Light")
... aka Nix wie raus aus Orange County (Austria) (Germany) [de]
... aka Colgado, pringado y sin carrera (Spain) [es]
... aka Gençlik hayalleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka Mala racha (Argentina: video title) [es]
... aka Narancsvidék (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Orange County (Spain) [es]
... aka Orange County (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Pena ajena (Mexico) [es] - Bamboozled (2000) (writer: "The Light" Remix) (performer: "The Light" Remix)
... aka It's Showtime (Austria) (Germany) [de]
... aka Bamboozled (Spain) [es]
... aka Bamboozled (Finland) [fi]
... aka O apatilos kosmos tis doxas (Greece: DVD title) [el]
... aka The Very Black Show (France) [fr] - "Drop the Beat" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Any Given Sunday (1999) (writer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY") (performer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY")
... aka Un domingo cualquiera (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) (Uruguay) [es]
... aka An jedem verdammten Sonntag (Austria) (Germany) [de]
... aka Um Domingo Qualquer (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Каждое Воскресенье (Russia) [ru]
... aka Duminica pierzi sau câstigi (Romania) [ro]
... aka Kathe Kyriaki (Greece) [el]
... aka Kazanma hirsi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka L'enfer du dimanche (France) [fr]
... aka Les héros du dimanche (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Minä päivänä tahansa (Finland) [fi]
... aka Minden héten háború (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Ogni maledetta domenica (Italy) [it]
... aka Yom Rishon Ha-Gadol (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw] - The Hurricane (1999) (writer: "The Hurricane") (performer: "The Hurricane")
... aka Huracán (Argentina) (Mexico) (Uruguay) [es]
... aka Hurricane (Austria) (Germany) [de]
... aka O Furacão (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Huracán Carter (Spain) [es]
... aka Hurikán v ringu (Czech Republic) [cs]
... aka Hurricane (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Hurricane - Il grido dell'innocenza (Italy) [it]
... aka Hurricane Carter (France) [fr]
... aka Hurricane: O Furacão (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Onaltinci raund (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka The Hurricane (Denmark) [da]
... aka Tyfonas: I alithini istoria (Greece) [el] - Get on the Bus (1996) (writer: "The Remedy") (performer: "The Remedy")
... aka Bus in viaggio (Italy) [it]
... aka Get on the Bus (Spain) [es]
... aka Get on the Bus (France) [fr]
... aka La marcha del millón de hombres (Spain) [es]
... aka Marcha Sobre Washington (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Otobus Ha-Haim (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
... aka Poreia eleftherias (Greece: DVD title) [el]
Actor:
- Just Wright (2010) (filming) .... Scott McKnight
- Date Night (2010) (post-production)
... aka Notte folle a Manhattan (Italy) [it] - Terminator Salvation (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Barnes
- Terminator Salvation (2009) .... Barnes
... aka T4: Salvation (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Terminator salvation - L'inizio della fine (Italy)
... aka Terminator: Die Erlösung (Germany)
... aka Терминатор: Да придёт спаситель (Russia) [ru]
... aka Exolothreftis: I sotiria (Greece) [el]
... aka Exterminador Implacável - A Salvação (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Exterminador do Futuro - Salvação (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Meiloi jinsi 2018 (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) [zh]
... aka Mogui zhongjiezhe - Weilai jiushu (Taiwan) [zh]
... aka Teomineiteo miraejeonjaeng-ui sijak (South Korea) [ko]
... aka Terminátor - Megváltás (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Terminátor 4 (Czech Republic) [cs]
... aka Terminatör kurtulus (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka Terminator - La Salvación (Peru) [es]
... aka Terminator - La salvación (Argentina) [es]
... aka Terminator - La salvacion (Mexico) [es]
... aka Terminator - Ocalenie (Poland) [pl]
... aka Terminator - Pelastus (Finland) [fi]
... aka Terminator - Salvarea (Romania) [ro]
... aka Terminator - Spasenje (Croatia) [hr]
... aka Terminator 4 (Japan: English title) [en]
... aka Terminator pelastus (Finland) [fi]
... aka Terminator räddningen (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
... aka Terminator rédemption (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Terminator renaissance (France) [fr]
... aka Terminator spasenje (Serbia) [sr]
... aka Weilai zhanshi 2018 (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) [zh]
... aka Zhongjiezhe 2018 (China: Mandarin title) [zh] - Wanted: Weapons of Fate (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Brummel
- Wanted (2008) .... Gunsmith
... aka Se busca (Argentina) (Peru) (Uruguay) (Venezuela) [es]
... aka Особо опасен (Russia) [ru]
... aka O Procurado (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Recherché (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Tagaotsitav (Estonia) [et]
... aka Trazen (Croatia) [hr]
... aka Wanted (Japan: English title) [en]
... aka Wanted (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka Wanted (Greece) [el]
... aka Wanted - Scegli il tuo destino (Italy) [it]
... aka Wanted - Se busca (Spain) [es]
... aka Wanted: Choisis ton destin (France) [fr]
... aka Wonteddo (Japan) [ja] - Street Kings (2008) .... Coates
... aka Reyes de la calle (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
... aka Короли улиц (Russia) [ru]
... aka Au bout de la nuit (France) [fr]
... aka Az utca királyai (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Dueños de la calle (Spain) [es]
... aka Fake City (Japan: English title: short title) [en]
... aka Feiku shithî: Aru otoko no rûru (Japan) [ja]
... aka I exousia tis nyhtas (Greece) [el]
... aka Królowie ulicy (Poland) [pl]
... aka Kraljevi kvarta (Croatia) [hr]
... aka La notte non aspetta (Italy) [it]
... aka Los reyes de la calle (Venezuela) [es]
... aka Os Reis da Rua (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Os Reis de Rua (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Rois de la rue (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka Sokagin krallari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka Street Kings (Germany) [de]
... aka Tänavate valitsejad (Estonia) [et] - American Gangster (2007) .... Turner Lucas
... aka Gánster americano (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Uruguay) [es]
... aka Ameerika gangster (Estonia) [et]
... aka American Gangster (Germany) [de]
... aka American Gangster (Greece) [el]
... aka American Gangster (France) [fr]
... aka Americký gangster (Slovakia) [sk]
... aka Americký gangster (Czech Republic) [cs]
... aka Americki gangster (Croatia) [hr]
... aka Americki gangster (Serbia) [sr]
... aka Amerikai gengszter (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Amerikan gangsteri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka Gangster américain (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka O Gângster (Brazil) [pt] - Smokin' Aces (2006) .... Sir Ivy
... aka Mi$e à prix (France)
... aka Äss mättasse (Estonia) [et]
... aka A Última Cartada (Brazil) [pt]
... aka As u rukavu (Croatia: DVD title) [hr]
... aka Ases calientes (Spain) [es]
... aka Assos sto maniki (Greece) [el]
... aka Coup fumant (Canada: French title) [fr]
... aka La última carta (Argentina) [es]
... aka Um Trunfo Na Manga (Portugal: cable TV title) [pt] - "One on One" .... Darius (1 episode, 2004)
- Cabin Fever (2004) TV episode .... Darius - "Game Over" (2004) TV series (voice) .... Common
- "Girlfriends" .... Omar (1 episode, 2003)
- Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning (2003) TV episode .... Omar
Music Department:
- 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008) (TV) (composer: additional music)
Thanks:
- Smokin' Aces: The Big Gun (2007) (V) (special thanks)
Self:
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 26 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "No disparen al pianista" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #2.13 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "The Bonnie Hunt Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 22 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Himself / ... (5 episodes, 2005-2009)
... aka Jimmy Kimmel (Australia)
- Episode dated 21 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #6.170 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 1 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 1 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Episode dated 20 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 March 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) (2009) (V) .... Himself (segment "King of the Game")
- "Black to the Future" (2009) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
- "The Electric Company" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Lights, Camera, Beetles! (2009) TV episode .... Himself - The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Yes We Will! BET's Inaugural Celebration (BET) (2009) (TV) .... Himself/Performer
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
... aka The Ellen Show (Australia)
- Episode dated 11 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 January 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (4 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
... aka Jay Leno Show (Sweden) [sv]
... aka The tonight show med Jay Leno (Denmark) [da]
- Episode dated 4 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 July 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 13 May 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Max on Set: Wanted (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 9 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- City of Fallen Angels: Making 'Street Kings' (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
... aka Conan O'Brien (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Finland) [fi]
- Episode dated 23 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 22 July 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 10 May 2006 (????) TV episode .... Himself - BET Hip Hop Awards 2008 (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the Brave (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- Yes We Can (2008) (V) .... Himself
- "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment Tonight (Greece) [el]
- Episode dated 18 October 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life (2007) .... Himself
- MTV VMA Pre Show Royale (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Total Request Live" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
... aka TRL (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka TRL Weekend (USA: informal alternative title)
... aka Total Request with Carson Daly (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 7 August 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 28 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live (France) [fr]
- Jeremy Piven/AFI (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #3.79 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - ESPY Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops (2006) .... Himself
- BET Awards 2006 (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Gangster with a Heart of Gold: The Noonie G. Story (2006) (voice) .... Narrator
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka Oprah (USA: short title)
... aka Oprah Winfrey Show (Denmark) [da]
... aka The Oprah Winfrey Show (Greece) [el]
- Episode dated 29 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out" .... Musical Performance (1 episode, 2005)
- Christina Milian (2005) TV episode .... Musical Performance - "$2 Bill" (1 episode, 2005)
- Kanye West (2005) TV episode - "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 7 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "Driven" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Kanye West (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Block Party (2005) .... Himself
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title)
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Greece) [el]
... aka La fiesta de Dave Chapelle (Argentina: cable TV title) [es] - React Now: Music & Relief (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- MTV Video Music Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- "106 & Park Top 10 Live" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005)
... aka 106 & Park (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 25 August 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 March 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
... aka Def Poetry (USA: short title)
... aka Def Poetry Jam (USA: promotional title)
- Episode #5.8 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #4.9 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.2 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Unplugged" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka MTV Unplugged
- Alicia Keys (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Be (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Letter to the President (2005) (V) .... Himself - Recording Artist
- Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology (2005) (V) .... Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")/Himself (segment "Two Words")
- "Black in the 80s" (2005) TV mini-series .... Himself
- The MC: Why We Do It (2005) (V) .... Himself
- There's a God on the Mic (2005) .... Himself
- Fade to Black (2004) .... Himself
... aka Jay Z: Fade to Black (Japan: English title) [en] - "Scrubs" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Scrubs: Med School (USA: ninth season title)
... aka Toubib or not toubib (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
... aka Dokik (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Första hjälpen (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Helt sykt (Norway) [no]
... aka Klinika (Russia: second season title) [ru]
... aka Meditsinskaya akademiya (Russia: first season title) [ru]
... aka Scrubs (France) [fr]
... aka Scrubs (Denmark) [da]
... aka Scrubs (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Scrubs (Argentina) [es]
... aka Scrubs - Die Anfänger (Germany) [de]
... aka Stazist (Croatia) [hr]
... aka Tuho-osasto (Finland) [fi]
- Her Story (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Soul Food" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Fear Eats the Soul (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Chappelle's Show" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
- Episode #2.7 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest - Soundz of Spirit (2003)
- Hip Hop Babylon 2 (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- Beef (2003) .... Himself
- 5 Sides of a Coin (2003) .... Himself
- Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics (2003) (V) (as Common Sense) .... Himself
- The 30th Annual American Music Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Essence Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- Brown Sugar (2002) .... Himself
... aka Seven Days
... aka Brown Sugar (Spain) [es]
... aka Brown Sugar (Greece: TV title) [el]
... aka Código de amor (Argentina: video title) [es]
... aka No Embalo do Amor (Brazil: cable TV title) [pt] - "Soul Train" .... Guest (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode #30.18 (2001) TV episode .... Guest - "The Lyricist Lounge Show" (2000) TV series .... Himself
- The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1995) (TV) (as Common Sense) .... Himself
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