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Second Annual “Common & Friends”
09/26/2009 - By Hollywood Palladium

Second Annual “Common & Friends”

GRAMMY-WINNING HIP HOP ARTIST / ACTOR COMMON ROCKS THE HOUSE WITH THE COMMON & FRIENDS SHOW

Concert Featured Surprise performances by Kanye West, Queen Latifah Heavy D and Mos Def to Benefit the Common Ground Foundation

The Common Ground Foundation held its second annual “Common & Friends” concert at the famed Hollywood Palladium Saturday night. The show, sponsored by Hennessy Artistry with additional sponsor support from American Airlines, Best Buy @15, Diesel and William Morris Endeavor, raised funds for the foundation, created by Grammy-Award winning hip-hop artist and actor, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, best known as Common.

The concert featured live performances from *Common, The Roots, Nas, De La Soul, Ludacris, Queen Latifah, Kanye West*, *Mos Def, Talib Kweli* and *Heavy D*. while *Serena Williams, Freddy Rodriguez, Garth Trinidad, Amber Rose, Erica Hubbard, Alyssa Milano, Eva Amurri, Ian Ziering,**Rasual Butler and Toccara Jones *were all in attendance to support the Common Ground Foundation.

"I am very grateful and thankful to all who attended and supported the 2nd annual Common Ground Foundation event. To all the gifted artists that participated - I thank you for giving your time, energy, and creativity,” said Common. “To all the sponsors, thank you for your ongoing commitment to the progress of the future of our youth. God bless... Love."

The Common Ground Foundation continues to show support through partnerships, events and programs reaching many dynamic groups. Recent initiatives have included being the recipient of Cartier’s LOVE Charity program; the Chicago White Sox’s “Be in the Game” day at Cellular Field; and the Emmy-award nominated “A Minute” campaign. Last year’s inaugural event, “Start the Show & Bowl” featuredwill.i.am, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Bilal, and Marsha Ambrosius.

Photos: Johnny Nunez


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