The celebrated Chicago MC recently won an Emmy at the Primetime Emmy Awards over the weekend for “Letter To The Free,”a song he penned in collaboration with Robert Glasper for Ava DuVernay’s documentary “13th.” Winning in the “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics” category, it marked the first time a rapper had ever won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Grammy award.
This makes Common three fourths of the way done to becoming the 13th person in history to win an EGOT, the entertainment grand slam of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Only a dozen performers, including Audrey Hepburn and Whoopi Goldberg, have earned this achievement.