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        The ultra-smooth rapper and celeb discusses his new memoir.
            by Julie Garisto
            Absurdity reached new levels last May when when conservatives criticized First Lady Michelle Obama for inviting Common to the White House. Sure, the 38-year-old performer born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. is a hip-hop artist and he&#039;s black, but he&#039;s about as close to the unsavory thug Fox News and others made him out to be as Herman Cain (well, maybe that&#039;s a stretch).&hellip;
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