Rapper and actor Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., better known by his stage name Common, will be in New York signing copies of his memoir titled “One Day It’ll All Make Sense.”
An underground artist for over a decade, Common’s third studio album, bearing the same title as his memoir, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, was released in 1997 to critical acclaim which led to his first major label contract with MCA Records. The album featured collaborations with Lauryn Hill and De La Soul, among others. His other albums include Like Water for Chocolate, Electric Circus, Finding Forever and Universal Mind Control. Common is the winner of two BET Hip Hop Awards, a Black Reel, and two Grammys. Co-authored by Adam Bradley (The Anthology of Rap), “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” hits bookshelves on September 13, 2011.
Book Signing Dates
9/13/11 6:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
Warren Street
New York, NY.
9/14/11 6:00 PM
Apple Store
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY.
From the Publisher
Common has earned a reputation in the hip hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs, and by sharing his own search for knowledge with his listeners. His journey toward understanding—expressed in his music and now in his roles in film and television—is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother, Mahalia Ann Hines.
In One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Common holds nothing back. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies. He recounts his rise to stardom, giving a behind-the-scenes look into the recording studios, concerts, movie sets, and after-parties of a hip-hop celebrity and movie star. He reflects on his controversial invitation to perform at the White House, a story that grabbed international headlines. And he talks about the challenges of balancing fame, love, and fatherhood.
One Day It’ll All Make Sense is a gripping memoir, both provocative and funny. Common shares never-before-told stories about his encounters with everyone from Tupac to Biggie, Ice Cube to Lauryn Hill, Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela. Drawing upon his own lyrics for inspiration, he invites the reader to go behind the spotlight to see him as he really is—not just as Common but as Lonnie Rashid Lynn.
Each chapter begins with a letter from Common addressed to an important person in his life—from his daughter to his close friend and collaborator Kanye West, from his former love Erykah Badu to you, the reader. Through it all, Common emerges as a man in full. Rapper. Actor. Activist. But also father, son, and friend. Common’s story offers a living example of how, no matter what you’ve gone through, one day it’ll all make sense.
“Common has written a magnificent memoir. It states that it is a book about his fascinating life. That is true. More importantly, his story is the story of all young people trying to grow up. His saga reminds the reader that love liberates and poverty cripples. Common writes beautifully, like the poet he is.”
–Maya Angelou
Source: barnesandnoble.com
That quote by Maya is SO SO true.