Common is an Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning music artist. He is an actor and producer and has appeared in numerous critically acclaimed films as well as hit TV series. Common is the author of One Day It'll All Make Sense, which was a New York Times bestseller. He was raised in Chicago and currently resides in Los Angeles and Brooklyn.
Adam Bradley is a scholar of African-American literature and a writer on black popular culture. He is the author of Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop and the co-editor of Ralph Ellison's Three Days Before the Shooting..., and Yale Anthology of Rap . Adam is an associate professor of Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder and lives in Boulder with his wife.
"A thoughtful and beautiful book that tells us much more about
Common... His mother's perspective takes this to another level."
-Touré, author of Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
"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
"Raw in its honesty, profound in its insights, One Day It'll All
Make Sense establishes Common as a voice that is as compelling on
the page as it is on a record. This is not simply the story of an
individual artist but a crucial page the history of hip hop
itself." -Jelani Cobb, author of The Substance of Hope
Common distinguishes himself here as a true artist and a writer of
deep talent. This book is the story of an artist in constant
evolution, one who embodies the strength of the brilliant woman
that raised him, the love of the Southside Chicago land that
spawned him, and the raw spirit of the pro basketball player who
fathered him. I've always heard that the people of Southside
Chicago were special. I'm glad their native son Common shows us
why. --James McBride Author of The Color of Water
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