‘I Was Dimming My Light’: Common On Music, Love And Change From Within

Common is an actor, writer, and hip hop artist who’s won a Grammy,
an Emmy and an Oscar, putting him a Tony award away from a rare
EGOT. As he explains on Art of Power, Common is not just a man of
contradictions, but a man able to hold contradictions — the dark
and the light, hate and love. That’s key to his worldview and his
inordinate success. You may have seen him on screen, in Selma, John
Wick 2 or dozens of other films. He’s also got a new album out, A
Beautiful Revolution Part 2. He talks with host Aarti Shahani about
his activism against juvenile incarceration, why he was able to
forgive his father for kidnapping his mom and him at gunpoint, how
it felt to lose Grammys, and how acting class helped him find peace
in failed relationships.