In our '16 Bars' series we feature the sharpest MCs in the game doing what they do best -- spitting hot 16s for your viewing and listening pleasure. You've seen young gunners like Logic and G-Eazy do ...

The Common freestyle that closed out the Obama Presidential Center grand opening on Thursday turned a polished, star studded ceremony into something that felt like a South Side homecoming. As Stevie ...

The longtime Fugees affiliate was celebrated by Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill after his death at 50. While there, Baller Alert caught some really cool footage of Common watching a local New Orleans ...

Fans thought his performance was good, but some claimed that this is not new material. The future rap song of the year has the everyone around the genre in a chokehold right now. It is everywhere and ...

Common put the spotlight back on one of his favorite up-and-coming artists on Monday’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The rapper and actor, who stars in the film The Kitchen, reunited with ...

Wrinkles in time until I meet my Tony Starks form." Later, when the beat transitioned to Raekwon's RZA-produced masterpiece "Incarcerated Scarfaces," he made sure to give the MC a shout out: Common ...

Common may have been spending a lot of time on his film career, but his lyrical flow is still up to par with his rap counterparts. The Chicago MC hit up Shade 45’s Sway in the Morning, and spit a ...

Common rarely turns down an offer to freestyle on radio and he lived up to his reputation once again on ... While at an All-Star event hosted by Under Armour, Common grabbed the mic and spit some bars ...

Common and the Roots‘ Black Thought faced off in a “Wheel of Freestyle” rap battle on Friday’s Tonight Show, with the two hip-hop veterans forced to craft songs out of three completely random words.

Remember when Common came through and spit a hot 16 for our viewing and listening pleasure? Well, he's back again and this time he delivers another powerful freestyle. For his second lyrical session, ...