Common is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and 3x GRAMMY Award-winning hip-hop recording artist, actor, film/television producer and philanthropist from Chicago. HIGHLIGHTS:​ Common has won Grammys for Best R&B song, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group. Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song "Glory" from the fiilm Selma, in which he costarred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel.