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Common Biography: Life and Career of the Rapper and Actor Common  was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. on March 13, 1972 in Chicago's South Side. He was one of those kids whose parents got divorced while they were young His educator father left the family when he was six years old, leaving his counselor mother to take care of him. However, his father was still very much a big part of his life.  His mother would later remarry and teenage Common showed talents in both basketball and rap. His father found him a job as ball boy for the Chicago Bulls. His rap career, meanwhile, started in his cousin's home in Cincinnati and continued in high school when he formed a trio called C.D.R. The act indeed scored gigs as the opener of N.W.A. and Big Daddy Kane among others.  Common pursued higher education at Florida A&M University for two years under a scholarship and majored in business administration. But his study came to a full halt when Relativity Records offered him a c

  01. Bandit Gang Marco - Intro (0:25)    02. Bandit Gang Marco - Lick Lick [Prod. By Capture The Flag] (3:30)    03. Bandit Gang Marco - In This Room [Prod. By Lanate] (3:43)    04. Bandit Gang Marco - First Love (Feat. Song Bird Kiara) (4:30)    05. Bandit Gang Marco - Tonight (Feat. BG Hawk, Yung Tone & BG Rook) (4:37)    06. Bandit Gang Marco - Alone (Feat. Tasha Catour) (4:31)    07. Bandit Gang Marco - Bedroom (Feat. Mir Lucre) (4:02)    08. Bandit Gang Marco - Dead Inside (Feat. BG Pastronama & Snoop) (3:44)    09. Bandit Gang Marco - Hit My Line (4:19)    10. Bandit Gang Marco - Not Cool Skit (0:35)    11. Bandit Gang Marco - Not Cool (Feat. Young Cooley) [Prod. By 30 Roc] (3:30)    12. Bandit Gang Marco - Depression (2:05)    13. Bandit Gang Marco - Your Man (Feat. TAG Team) (5:06)    14. Bandit Gang Marco - Twerk Sum (Feat. Yung Tone) [Prod. By 30 Roc] (3:53)    15. Bandit Gang Marco - Hell They Thought (Feat. Kwony Cash & Joe Gutta) (4

Marcus Canty - Top 5 - Contestant's Choice - THE X FACTOR USA 2011 It’s down to the final three on the inaugural season of  The X Factor . Fan favorite  Marcus Canty  was eliminated from the hit Fox talent competition Thursday night, and  RadarOnline.com  has the clip of his emotional exit. In his final words, Canty declared “This is not the last time you’ll see  Marcus  Canty !”  He also did a shout out to his higher power, saying: “God has blessed me so much being on this competition.” He then thanked his supporters and family and told them not to cry. The stage is now set for next week’s  season finale , in which the three remaining contestants ,  Melanie Amaro ,  Josh Krajcik  and Chris Rene , square off for the grand prize – a staggering $5 million record deal with Sony Music and  Simon Cowell ; it’s the largest prize in television history. The X Factor   "The X Factor" semi-finalists Chris Rene, Brian "Astro" Bradley and

by   Manny "illseed" Wackquiao (@illseed)   September 13th, 2012 @ 12:28pm Floyd Mayweather Jr. has yet to comment about his relationship with 50 Cent. (FayesVision/WENN.com) Maybe I will put my true views on illseed.com, but for now, this is getting stranger and stranger. First of all 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather are no longer friends.   50 Cent and Floyd Are No Longer Best Friends…Frenemies? This is weird to me, but it gets weirder. It all moved so fast. First of all, 50 Cent shut down TMT (The Money Team) Productions or whatever it was called. This prompted people to think for a sec that he was getting OUT of the game of boxing. No. he was forming a new company, according to BoxingScene.com. An advisor for Pac Man said the following to the site: “50 Cent and I have been talking now for maybe the last two months. They approached us with the idea to form a promotional company. Initially it was going to be 50 Cent, Manny and Floyd. But right now I don’t think F

by   Mikey Thurston (@MTMovieStar)   September 13th, 2012 @ 5:14pm The newest acquisition to the Maybach Music Group (MMG) roster, Rockie Fresh, has been traveling the country recently on his first headlining tour, “The Electric HighWay.” After having released his highly successful mixtape,  Driving 88 , things have accelerated for the up-and-comer out of Chicago, who asks others to “pray” for his city that is currently in the heat of controversy and violence. Rockie Fresh took a moment to speak with AllHipHop.com during his tour stop in Miami recently about his new deal with MMG, and how much hospitality even the parent label, Warner Bros., has shown. “Signing with Ross was crazy; it was a blessing,” Rockie Fresh told AllHipHop.com. “We’re going to make history. It’s a major platform having that major label support from Warner and Maybach Music Group. They’ve been holding me down even in the really early stages. It’s better resources; I can finally build my sound quality.