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Rapper Common On Hip Hop’s Political Influence, Respecting Differences, And Why He Supports Barack Obama

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Like its artists, America’s musicians, actors and other celebrities have been getting involved in this campaign to an unprecedented degree.

Hip hop has had a longstanding political strain to begin with, so it should be no surprise that a number of rappers (most notably Will.I.Am) have been front and center.

And Common is no exception.

VancouverIAm’s reporter Kristin landed this thoughtful interview with Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. (aka Common) during his recent visit to Vancouver:

Eva Holland

Eva Holland is co-editor of Matador Pulse and a regular contributor to the Matador Network. She's also a contributing editor at World Hum. Eva recently quit her day job and gave notice on her apartment, and is currently bouncing around Eastern Ontario, Quebec and upstate New York.

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