Chicago-based rapper/actor Common is spearheading a new effort to encourage youth to read. The entertainer, who will soon be seen alongside Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman in the movie Wanted, is ...

Always on the positive tip, Chi-town emcee Common and his Common Ground Foundation are promoting literacy to teens with The Corner, an online book club aimed at encouraging teens to read and discuss ...

Chicago rapper Common continues to do his part to help the youth through writing and community service . In 2005 he wrote and released three books for elementary age children that received warm praise ...