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Newly signed to Def Jam, Common looks to strike while the iron is hot with his upcoming album, Nobody’s Smiling. With his single, “Kingdom,” featuring Vince Staples, brewing, the wordsmith returns today to unveil the official artwork.

No one can blame you if you wait until every Friday to catch up on your music videos. There is tons of clutter that hits the viral circuit on the hourly but rest assured The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Videos Of The Week will hold you down.

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Common has a shiny new record deal with Def Jam and he just dropped a new video for his latest single, “Kingdom,” featuring Vince Staples.

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Chicago rapper Common is rolling with Def Jam. Today (June 4), the storied label announced that the two-time Grammy winner and accomplished actor has signed to producer No I.D.’s Artium/Def Jam label. 

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When news of Dr. Maya Angelou’s passing hit the Internet, it took the viral universe by storm. Her death shocked the world (even after living a full life), but no one was more vocal about his encounter with the poet laureate than Common.

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The socioeconomic conditions and well-documented violent trends in Chicago have inspired much of Common’s new material, and that remains the same on his highly anticipated single “Kingdom,” featuring Vince Staples.

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Common, an OG who’s invested in his native Chicago, keeps tabs on the MCs who currently move culture in the city. Photos revealed that actually he called on a few artists to appear in an undisclosed project.

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The legendary Chuck D once said something to the effect that Hip-Hop is CNN for Black people. Noting that comparative analysis, it’s ill to see MCs like Common speak on the cable network.

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Unless you reside from outside the continental United States, the violence that transpires in Chicago on the regular has not flown underneath your radar. Street rappers proudly nickname the President Obama’s hometown “Chi-Raq,” where as Moguldom Films conducted extensive research to find the root of the problem in their documentary Gunland.

Recently, we learned that Jay Z and Beyoncé are potentially gearing up for a joint Summer stadium tour (how epic would that be?). It got our wheels spinning – which other celeb musical power couples (old and new), could possibly put on a smashing trek together?

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On Thursday, March 20, fans were able to watch the premiere episode of HBO hits series Game Of Thrones at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Billed as the Game Of Thrones “Epic Fan Experience,” the night also featured props displays, photo ops with the “Iron Throne” and a surprise performance by Common.

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It wouldn’t have been shocking for HBO to recruit bands in the same vein of Godsmack or Avenged Sevenfold to represent their Game of Thrones inspired mixtape in the slightest.