And I always looked at that and said, 'Man, I want to help people who donвЂ™t have.' Because these are people that I saw that are good people that I cared about, and they just didnвЂ™t have some of, you know, just the natural blessings that human beings deserve.' Well unfortunately, some of my friends didnвЂ™t have a father or a mother that was there for several reasons. I had a mother who was very loving and an educator who made sure I did well in school and worked hard so that I could go to school. 'Well my thinking is, growing up, my friends that I grew up around, some of them didnвЂ™t have what I had. On his reasons for starting the Common Ground Foundation He's also working with Allstate on a scholarship program for students at historically black colleges.Д¬ommon joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about his upcoming album, his role in hip hop and his hometown of Chicago. He branched into acting in the 2000s, and he recently started the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that aims to empower underprivileged young pepole through creative arts, mentoring and educational opportunities.

(Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Global Green) This article is more than 5 years old.Д¬ommon, the hip-hop artist from Chicago, has been on the rap scene since the early-1990s. Rapper Common performs onstage at Global Green USA's 12th annual pre-Oscar party in Hollywood on Feb.

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