In a recent interview rapper-turned-actor Common (born Lonnie Rashid Lynn) shared his thoughts on controversial rapper and friend Kanye West, his upcoming lead role starring alongside Queen Latifah and when fans can expect more music from the Chicago rapper.
It's no secret Kanye West speaks his mind to the media and often receives negative attention for his openness. In an interview with Bossip.com, Common addresses how he avoids the negative media attention his fellow G.O.O.D. Music labelmate struggles with:
I got my faults and my flaws and I make mistakes like any other human being. I think some of it is being more experienced in the music business to a certain extent than Kanye is because I’ve been in it longer. He’s definitely popular and one of the biggest artists out there so some of the things he’s doing are gonna be seen more anyway because more people are watching him. Because he has had a history of doing certain thing that gather attention more people are paying attention when he does do that. We’re all living and growing, we gotta allow the Superstar to be a human being too.
On his upcoming role in “Just Wright” as an NBA Player:
That’s the dream for me because I grew up wanting to be in the NBA. I play a character on the NJ Nets, my character is named Scott McKnight. I’m one of the top players in the league. Paula Patton’s character and I hook up and we start dating and Queen Latifah is a physical therapist. I’m on top of the world and I end up getting an injury. And Latifah becomes my physical therapist and Paula Patton is wavering on whether she wants to be with me because it don’t look like my career is gonna be great, so she’s a golddigger. It’s really a love story but it has it’s comedy to it too. It was really a great experience for me and I’m grateful to be a lead for my first opportunity with Queen Latifah I couldn’t have picked a better leading lady.
On Advice Queen Latifah Gave Him:
She was telling me to continue to be natural and be me. To be the character, but let my natural essence come out too. It was really cool, because most of the characters I’ve been playing have been more distant from me. In Street Kings I played a cop who was a killer, he was just an evil type dude. That’s a little far off, not saying there’s not anything wrong with me but this role was closer to home. Me dreaming as a kid to play in the NBA was really fun..... My father played in the ABA for a couple years. I was a ball boy for the Bulls when I was a kid....
On His Upcoming Album:
The new album is called the Believer. I actually don’t have a date yet, but I’m planning for this year. I’m working with No I.D. and Twilight Tone and Kanye. It’s the raw hip-hop, it’s gonna uplift the spirit. It’s the people’s music, that’s what I’m doing.
For the complete two-part interview, click here.
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