Common on Fat Joe SAVING HIS LIFE in Ice Cube beef, Chicago hip hop & Jennifer Hudson | Jadakiss

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:56:43 +0000

Fat Joe and Jadakiss sit down with Chicago rap legend Common. The three hip hop OGs talk about Common coming up alongside Joe, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and The Beatnuts on Relativity Records, the time Joe saved Common's life during his beef with Ice Cube, how his iconic song "I Used To Love H.E.R." inspired the 2002 Taye Diggs film ‘Brown Sugar,’ composing the new theme to the NBA on Prime Video, the influence of KRS-One on conscious rap, where Will Smith and Tupac Shakur rank in his list of top rappers-turned-actors, and his successful acting career leading to roles in 'John Wick: Chapter 2,' Apple TV's 'Silo,' and 'Smokin' Aces.' Joe also tells priceless stories about turning down a role in 'Shaft,' Queen Latifah chasing him around the studio, and surprising Styles P (a vegan) with coconuts at one of his parties.

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00:00 - Start
02:03 - Fat Joe & Common's early years on Relativity Records
03:38 - Common says Fat Joe saved his life during Ice Cube beef
10:31 - Why "nice guys" like Common do well with the ladies
13:23 - Relationship with Jennifer Hudson
14:57 - Southside Chicago in the '80s-'90s
17:08 - Real estate & building wealth outside of hip hop
20:03 - Repping hip hop on the Oscars stage
23:35 - KRS-One's influence on conscious hip hop
26:31 - When Common & Joe knew to leave Relativity
31:50 - Why Common fell in love with acting
34:10 - Not Common – COMMON SENSE!
35:27 - Story behind "I Used To Love H.E.R."
39:37 - Joe was supposed to be in 'Shaft'
42:08 - Common was a ball boy for MJ's Bulls
44:03 - Al Pacino & The Godfather story
45:29 - Queen Latifah chased Joe around the studio
46:59 - Top 5 rappers-turned-actors
49:11 - Composing theme for NBA on Prime
52:42 - Joe NEEDS Common to join Rewind It 10

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