Amoeba Music

By Paul Glanting

             In a hip-hop sense, Chicago is oddly placed in the United States. The recent hefty output of hip-hop to have emerged out of the Windy City has an immensely vast amount of influences swimming through its rhythmic bloodstream. Too far west to be considered East Coast, and too far to the North to be considered a part of the dirty south, Chicago is indeed a musical creature all its own. Chicago rapper, Common’s lengthy musical catalogue indeed fuels the fire to these notions of Chicago’s versatile contributions to the genre. Common's stamp on the hip-hop community is one which is fraught with respect, critical acclaim and a hellbent... Read More

City Of Origin:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Genre:

Hip Hop

Birthdate:

03/13/1972