COMMON LAUNCHES TEENAGER BOOK CLUB.

Rapper COMMON has launched an online book club to encourage literacy and creative writing among youths. The socially-conscious MC, who has previously turned his hand to writing children books, has set up The Corner Book Club on his website CommonGroundFoundation.com.
The site will feature interviews with authors and items to inspire teenagers through the art of storytelling.

Common says, "My mom was a teacher, and growing up she always stressed the importance of education. So when I look back it's not a surprise for me to use words as a tool to make change, and to inspire children for the future. "You'll never stop growing; you shouldn't. And it's alright to be a teen growing, but not in height. I'm talking about wisdom, experiences, and self-knowledge."

COMMON SAYS OBAMA WILL CHANGE HIP-HOP.

"I really do believe we as hip-hop artists pick up what's going on in the world and try to reflect that," he told CNN, outlining his belief that mainstream as well as so-called "conscious" rappers -- the more socially aware -- will pick up on what he sees as the more optimistic prospects of an Obama presidency.

"I think hip-hop artists will have no choice but to talk about different things and more positive things, and try to bring a brighter side to that because, even before Barack, I think people had been tired of hearing the same thing,"
he said. Read the rest!

Told you Obama was the hip-hop president. Hope he doesn't take after the hip-hop mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in jail. Watch Common shout us out below and call us Hip-Hopscicle. He said "HipHopsic"....LOL!

Source: CNN