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Common is one of the very few rappers from the golden era of Hip-Hop who’s still managed to remain relevant in the culture via music, film, and now literature. Recently the Chicago artist dropped a book dubbed Let Love Have The Last Word and today (May 9) he took his book tour to The Breakfast Club to speak on his personal memoire and open up about some shocking revelations that are featured in it.
Opening up about being sexually abused as a child to the relationship advice he got from our favorite First Lady in Presidential history, Common uses his time in the morning to drop gems about forgiveness, fatherhood, and love.
Here are the 6 things we learned from Common on The Breakfast Club.
1. Child Abuse
Common shocked everyone when he revealed that he had been sexually molested as a child and though says he didn’t actually remember it, it came to the surface when he began filming a movie that dealt with the subject. He says that he doesn’t know what happened to the person who violated him but does say he’s forgiven the man who did it.
2. Support
Naturally, Common’s family wasn’t aware of his past sexual abuse but supported him when he said he was going to share it in his book. He knew he was doing right when his daughter told him “I’m really proud of you.” That kind of revelation does take courage.
3. Addicted To Love
Common admits that he’s addicted to love and by that he means he was in love with the feeling of being in love, not sex. He was into the “honeymoon period” of a relationship but once things got “tough and it’s time to work through stuff, I wasn’t willing to work through it” and would make excuses to avoid dealing with the drama. Luckily he went to therapy and realized how problematic his attitude towards relationships have been. That honeymoon period do be the best, though.
4. Michelle Obama
Speaking about relationship advice, Common says Michelle Obama questioned his age when trying to convince him that he needs to settle down already. Though he does see where she’s coming from with her relationship advice he’s still kinda fronting on following it.
5. Daddy’s Little Girl Got Beef
Speaking on his relationship with his daughter, Common says they’re okay but she takes issue with Common not trying hard enough to spend time with her when she was younger. What really made her upset was whenever she would see him spend time with his girlfriend’s kids.
6. Breaking The Cycle
Speaking of parenting Common wants to avoid certain things he experienced as a child now that he’s a father, namely abandonment. Though he got along great with his father he says there was a period in time when he wasn’t around due to the drama his father had with his mother and though that cycle kind of repeated itself with his own daughter, he’s trying to rectify that and explain to her why things turned out the way it did. By explaining things to her he hopes she can get a better understanding of the situation and become “a whole woman” going forward.
