COMMON: The Untold Story of How Heartbreak, Rejection & Self-Doubt Almost Derailed His Success (And How He FINALLY Found His Purpose)

29:01So for this gentleman to tell me that his child is alive because of this song, it made me know that I had a higher purpose with the music and with what I was doing. And that allowed me as a hip-hop artist, as a black man, Because ultimately, when we're saying like, yo, you coming from hip hop, hip hop has been like the garden for black and Latino, black and brown people to express ourselves. And then it brought everyone into the garden, which is a beautiful thing. But it was it was a garden that started with with our expression. So when we're saying like coming from hip hop, expressing yourself in this way, it's really saying being a black kid, expressing yourself in this way.

29:52How did you do that? I felt so good that I knew that I could move my people through the music that I was like, I have to keep expressing myself in this way. And it was those songs, like love songs, that ended up being things that people responded to from me. People wanted to hit them bars and all that. but I had a gentleman come to me earlier before a show and be like, hey, Carmen, would you be okay if in the middle of your song, The Light, which is about a woman being the light, in the middle of your song, would you stop so I could propose to my girlfriend? And I said, yes, of course. And, you know, to have, to know that I'm writing songs about from my heart and spirit and my experiences, and they become those things for people, led me to understand that I have to be as vulnerable, as goofy, as free, reflective, as just open, non-perfect.

30:58I don't know a better word that I can say. You're a wordsmith. But I got to be that. Anything else is misguiding people or it's not being true to who I am as an artist, it's not being true to my purpose, and I'm not doing my duty to the most high God. Jay, if there's anything that I can tell you that drives me, is every day, and I know you talked about every day, and I want to put into practice some of those things you said we should do every day. I'm so into that, the exposure and all that. Thank you for that. One of the things that gets me is I want to please the most high. I want to stay in my purpose and please the most high.

31:38Yeah, yeah. I mean, there's nothing better than that. Yeah. There's no greater accountability. There's no greater source of inspiration. There's no greater channel. And there isn't apart from that. And as I'm listening to you, one of the things that really resonated with me was what you said about the friends. Because to have friends that, in England, we call it banter, right? People you can banter with. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like someone who can like poke fun at you, but then at the same time has your back. And having someone that, if you can do that with them, that means you're closer to them. So when we first moved to the States or maybe more LA, when me and my wife would banter with each other because she's from Britain too, everyone just think we're going to break up or something because we can like really lay into each other.

32:28But that's part of our love language because the more I can do that with you, the deeper we know each other. Yes. Because as we grow up, you lose some friends that you grew up with maybe people move cities they get married to someone else they move into a different part of the world maybe you've been here your whole life you had the same friends but you kind of outgrown them now right how do you as an adult continue to build new friendships that look like your future and not like your past that's beautiful you said people was like, hmm, what are you going to say about that?

33:03Man, you know, at a certain point, like once I started to like, okay, understand who I am and I'm still learning, you know, like hopefully we always will learn until we leave this planet on a physical level. So I'm still learning, but I do know a lot of things about me and I know myself. And I think one of the things that has helped me to understand about attracting new friends and who belongs in this atmosphere is people's energy, being discerning about people's intentions, making sure that any friendships, relationships, even moments, you want to be able to give and you want to be able to receive too.

33:48You start by giving. You know, most of the time, if I see somebody, I'm going to greet them. How are you doing? And hopefully they'll greet back. Boom, love. And it's like it might just be that moment or it may be more than that. But the point is you understand what energy you want in your life and who deserves to be in your life. and you also have to be accountable for being a good friend, partner, homie in their lives. And like one of my closest friends is backstage with me. Even though we talk about, tell the same stories over and over again, I'll be like, damn, but we still have, we still tell them same jokes about each other.

34:36But we also share scriptures. is we also share motivation. He'll send me things that motivate. We also talk about life and just being in pain, going through these things. And for me, that's a friendship that evolves. Some people, when you said it, you said a very good point. Sometimes you outgrow other people. But a great, beautiful friendship and relationship, you all grow as individuals. And even if you're not at the same place at the same time always, you might get there. And I think for me, just understanding when I'm around people, like, how do I feel around this person? And how do this person make me feel?

35:17And hopefully I'm making them feel great. Then that's the type of energy I want to be around. And is this something that's going to be consistent? We're doing this quick movie together and we can hang out at this time, but this is not going to go further than that as a friendship. That happens sometimes, but that's okay. That person is great for your life at that moment. and you all can give each other equal yoke. But ultimately, it's about, to me, just being around energy that you know is there to better you. Iron sharpens iron, and you bring that into your life. Well said, well said. I feel like when I'm vibrating at my highest energy, it's really clear whether someone wants to match it or not.

36:03Yeah. Whereas if I walk into a space and I go at my lowest frequency, I don't actually know where someone stands. So it's almost like being at your highest vibration or frequency actually allows you to see what energy someone's at and whether they're willing to match and you're going to match them. Is that new friends? Because I don't have a whole lot of new friends, to be honest. You know, but I do have new people in my life that I work with, that I love, that I'll be there for. But I'm like, you know, friends, not just people you like. I'm cool with them. I'm talking about friends. How do you decide who you let into your life, especially with you having such a big, widespread platform and so many people probably wanting to be in that space?

36:48How do you make decisions on who? I'm pretty lucky, I think, because my lane is so clear. The only people who want to get close are people who want to be spiritual. And so it kind of makes it easy because they know that I'm not really interested in other stuff. so it's kind of like the people that do want to get close they're all people that want to evolve that want to grow you know it's people like yourselves who want to become more healed which I love because my lane is so clear and that's what I mean by when we're vibrating at a frequency that I'm not always at a high frequency but if our frequency is clear then it's clear to others whether we're going to be a good time or not so to some people I'm the most boring person on the planet because they know I'm not into the three things that they love but that's why i think it's so good to be clear about who we are yeah and broadcast that i don't mean necessarily publicly i mean when you walk into a room whatever word you say the question you first ask the way you answer a question can completely shift yeah the direction of a conversation like when i walk into a room i want to get into one deep conversation with someone in the corner yeah i'm not the person who's like milling around trying and say hello to everyone.

38:02There's nothing wrong with that. That's just not me. And so I'd much rather walk away from an event having had a deep, powerful, profound conversation and made one new friend than feel like I spoke to 30 people about small talk. And again, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just who I am. I love some of the things you just said because I love great conversations. I feel like that's one of the ways I learned so much about myself is through conversating with people who just have some emotional insight, intelligence. That's one of my favorite things, man. No matter where I am, and my friends be like, boy, you talk a lot, you know, I am love.

38:44But I do love those conversations. And another thing you mentioned that I have to say has been one of the most powerful aspects about helping me in my life is to be clear. Like taking care of myself when it comes to like the foods I eat, like having, like I said, my own meditation and prayer. What does that look like? Walk us through some of those habits because I feel like this group loves learning about habits and practices and tools and tactics. What are some of yours that you commit to? Wake up in the morning thanking God for the day. Thanking God just for the day, for the breath of life. And as Jay said, this is a spiritual thing.

39:27I'm not like, when I talk about God, I'm talking about the creator of the heavens and earth that exists in all women, man, that exists in all people on the planet. It's not a religious thing. This is about the spirit that created all of us and that exists in all of us. So just communing with God is the first thing. And then I get into certain scriptures that I read that reinforce who I am and my relationship with the creator. And then I get into my prayer. And then I'll get into my meditation. People ask me, like, do you do this type of meditation, this type? My meditation is a south side meditation.

40:12I came I just came up with I pulled from everything that I had experienced and was like this works for me it's not gonna be this 20 minute meditation might be a minute or two but I'm gonna get it in and it works and it works for me but seriously it's it's that meditation and then I go to this other book that I have that has these mantras and scriptures to them at that point you know like I'm prepared for the day and going into that day knowing that, man, this is going to be a beautiful day. Because we all, sometimes I wake up like, ah, something feel funny. Like as soon as I wake up. But me getting into gratitude and just saying thank you for the day and thank you for the breath of life starts to shift that funny feeling.

40:58And then like me starting to say the things that I know I'm created for and the purpose that I'm here for, it starts to shift and my day becomes greater just from there. And even if some incidents happen, my perspective on the day is not down because I've done those things. Now, the diet and food side, I get into my, I got my supplements that I take and, you know, take those in the morning. And then I try to get a workout in. Like I said, sometimes you don't have an hour to do a workout. If you can get whatever time, and it's just movement. What I noticed is when I move around, whether it's a walk, I used to think, I was like, man, those old people be walking, man.

41:43But now I'm taking walks. I'm walking in London, walking in the parks. And I'm like, am I that age that I'm walking? But a walk is a beautiful thing. And I realize just the movement of the body is good for the mind and the soul. So this is all part of my wholeness. When I talk about in the book and then we rise is that wholeness of like, because I had certain aspects, like I was always pretty much a spiritual guy, like this and learning my spirituality, you know, reading from the Bible. At one point reading into the Quran and reading different things to just know God for myself. But then I needed other aspects and I started to figure out that the diet made me see clearer.

42:31Not only did I see clearer, like, I was rapping clearer. Like, my voice sounded clearer, like, for real. Like, for not having certain foods in my body and taking care. And my energy, I was waking up with energy instead. Like, so I felt the difference. And that was all the research I needed to do. I didn't need to read nothing to know that, like, oh, I feel better doing these things. So all those things are things that I put into practice. And, you know, I pick up new things. Like, just listening to you, I'm like, wait, I'm going to start figuring out this exposure. Bless you. I'm going to figure out this exposure thing and see what I can do.

43:09Because I'm always looking to learn and grow. Yeah, I love that. Talking about exposure therapy, I wanted this event to be special. And this is going to be a surprise for everyone. I wanted to give someone in the room. We've been talking about dreams. We've been talking about rising above judgment. We've been talking about taking your opportunity. I wanted to check, and there's no pressure, but I wanted to check if there was a poet, a rapper, a spoken word artist in the audience that wanted 60 seconds to share with the audience and with common their skills. I want to give you a moment. And I don't want you to steal a moment from someone else.

43:48So this isn't messing around. It's someone who truly has, I see the yellow shirt. I see one up there. I love that hustle. He hustled, he hustled. That hustle, I love it. What's his name? Oh, you don't know? Oh, wow, okay. That's amazing. That's great. You know, I really feel like there's moments like this. We've got you in the seat. Yes. To give someone a moment, to give someone an opportunity, to put someone out there, to put someone on. I chose the hardest person to get downstairs. Now he's lost trying to find his way. while we're waiting for him, I want to... Oh, here we go.

44:30You want to come through? You want to say hello before? Smack my brother. Bless you. Bless you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. So your name is? Daniel. Daniel, where are you from? I'm from Chicago. From Chicago? I'm from here. You're a rapper, spoken word, poet? I'm a poet. In all honesty, I've taken kind of a backseat from the spotlight. I don't have any socials. I go and perform at open mics occasionally. But, yeah, my heart is pumping. I love it. Well, this is what we wanted to do tonight because you running down, and we saw you hustles. You take a breath just to catch your breath. But that was the point of tonight.

45:20I want to make it known that you can do it. It's not a, you know, I think we often feel like we have to wait for our moment. We've got to work for it. But we want to give it to people right here. So I want to give you 60 seconds to share with us the words, the work, whatever you want to read to us. Common will give us a zero out of ten rating.

45:41Are you good, Dennis? You ready? Yeah, you got it, bro. You got it, bro. You got it. You got it. Okay, so I'm going to give you something that's relatively new, and it's about the lady that pushed me to come up here. She's up there. Real quick, because I don't want to waste any of your time. You're not wasting anyone's time. God, I'm nervous. Why am I up here? Yes!

46:16It's called my new favorite color. Before we dive into the next moment, let's hear from our sponsors.

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47:36Thanks for taking a moment for that. Now back to the discussion. If I asked any of you what's your favorite color, it would come without a second guess. You might even attribute some colors to different moods. Green might be the envy in a mean girl whose burn book would burn looks through sky blue retinas like our heavenly ceiling. Riddling with the beauty of God's creations, but not a single star burns brighter than the patron my eyes behold. After all, they say that's where her beauty lies. So my answer is red. That's my favorite color. It's something about the way it massages her cheeks before they form that rose that reminds me of Aretha's declaration.

48:16A dedication to the strongest flower in concrete jungles, never meant to grow, but defying all odds. God's peculiar creation. Sending sensations where you hear, see, and touch vibrations. I love to make a blush just to see a smile from those red lips. I'd re-educate the inner child in me that was deceived to believe that synesthesia couldn't be achieved. but who knew the color red could taste so sweet. Scent like strawberries harvested solely by God's word, the owl happily tricked for this treat. And I'm gonna leave it there, cause I am dying. Yo, hey, yo, Jay, Jay. Jay, I'm gonna rhyme, I'm gonna roll it.

48:59Yo, that was dope, real dope. Yo, I know it's kinda hard to handle, But everybody give it up for Daniel Yo, I say it like this I say it like this And God we trust I see his shirt and I tell MCs They not like us What can you do? Yo, you know the whole outcome I see Martin and of course I see Malcolm We know right now I keep my mind heavy I keep it all ready when I'm with Jay Shetty It's like this Kyle says, yo, I guess you know me I gotta say rest in peace to that brother Kobe This is how it is. Yo, we at your service. We right here in Chicago, and this is about purpose. It's on purpose. Yo, I'm telling you these words is my man J.

49:45Yo, I told you he's a wordsmith. Calm since I'm coming. I got my brother from London. This is how it be. I got 100 ,000 running. I can let you know my mind's like a encyclopedia. When I come to the Chicago theater, letting you know it's time for me to climb. We talk about the spirituality. Duality is divine, and I'm coming straight for shot off the head. My man Daniel said his favorite color is red. Yo, I read through books. Tell me this how we look. We got to understand, calm sense. I've never been shook. I've been hanging in places where we hang outside. I'm talking about the west and, of course, the south side.

50:23And that's how it be when I know to go off. And shout out to my people that's even from the north, calm sense. It's like this, yo, I guess I'm living it. I was cruising up and down the street called Michigan Avenue Grabbing new things that I need to do Consense, yo, I told you I believe in you And believe in me as I'm receiving these things Earlier we was talking Jay about dreams And that's how it be, the style of Be Free I just gotta say respect to G.O.D. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

51:01Give it up for Daniel, everyone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a surprise for me. Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. He's having a little fun. Wow. He's having a little fun, yo. Yeah. That was, I was not expecting that. Man, I kind of, I love, I love rapping, man. I love MC. And once we had the music a little bit and Daniel did his thing, I'm like, I'm at home. I'm on the Jay Shetty show. I'm like, I want an MC. You just blessed us all. I mean, that was straight off the dome. It was all the references, the What Up t-shirt reference. It was amazing. Keep it free. Oh my God, thank you. Thank you so much for that. And thank you, Daniel.

51:53Give it up for Daniel again, everyone. You took your moment. I love people taking their moment. Yes. And I love helping people have their moment. And when those two things come together, because I feel like I spent my whole life waiting for someone to give me a shot. Yeah. And often we can feel that way. We're just waiting for someone to open a door or just let us in or whatever it may be. And, you know, oh, there we go. He just made it upstairs.

52:33And it's just beautiful when you put yourself out there like that. And I hope that, you know, one of the things I like to do differently in these evenings is have moments like that, because when you see someone who's sitting in the same place as you are, but takes their moment, I hope it's a reminder to you tomorrow when you're at the office, when you're talking to someone, when you're with your family and you've just been avoiding that moment. I hope it gives you the courage and the strength to go, Daniel did that, you know, on stage, in front of 2 ,000 people with common. Yo, Jay, I got to say, like, you made me think about, like, it was a point where I had to learn to take that moment.

53:14And this happened to me. This is further into my career. I'm this is basically I was in a movie called Selma right and I was an actor in Selma yeah and I'm directed by the great Ava DuVernay and I mean it's incredible actors in there and actresses but anyway it was about the people of the civil rights movement and we finished the movie and the movie it really moved my spirit because we were living in the shoes and in the skin of the people of the civil rights movement. So we got to meet Ambassador Andrew Young and John Lewis, the late, great John Lewis. And it affected my life. I remember Ambassador Andrew Young at our first meeting said, what are you willing to die for?

54:00Live for that. He said, we were willing to die for freedom and justice and equality, so we live for it every day. Right?

54:12Well, all that affected me. We finished the movie, and I'm asking everybody that's a part of it, what are y 'all going to do for the, like, songs? Like, what's going on? Y 'all got any music in mind? They was like, yeah, we got something in mind, but it's not you, right? So I usually wouldn't seize the moment or take that moment, and, like, I would be shy about that moment. That's what I was talking about dimming my light at times. I was on the phone talking to my manager saying, what are they doing with the song for Selma? He was like, man, they said they got some people they want to use, but they haven't locked it in.

54:53It hit me like it was like the creator speaking to me. God was speaking to me. I literally said, I'm going to call you back. The thought came to me like I'm going to call John Legend and see if he would be open to like working with me on a song for this. I hang up the phone with my manager and call John. John is in London, and I tell him, hey, man, I'm part of this movie, Selma. It's incredible. Man, it's about Dr. King and the women and the men of the civil rights movement. Let's do a song. Now, they don't want a song from us, so we submitting it. But will you do this song? He said, I got you, brother.

55:33I usually wouldn't ask my friends. and I've worked with John before, but I wasn't the type to just ask for it. But something I listened to, when God said, look, call John. I did it. And John said, I'm going to be over here for a few months on this tour, but I will go in the studio on Wednesday. I hung up the phone. I texted him three titles. The last title I texted him was Glory. He said he saw that name, Glory, and it sparked his thoughts and he started coming with the melody and he started you know coming up with the words for the hook one day when the glory's when I can't sing it y 'all I'll mess it up but but you know he did that sent it back to me after that Wednesday I remember getting the music I was going to my father's memorial I heard that music I was overwhelmed I ended up writing that song and that song became the song that we ended up winning a Golden Globe winning a Grammy and winning an Oscar award for and I'm bringing that up because it was that moment it was that one moment where I decided to listen and not be afraid and just ask and seize the moment and it happened

57:03I'm so glad you shared that story I'm so glad you shared that story because I think that was later in your career and you still have that doubt where you have to listen in and I think I love hearing that because I think we all think one day we're going to get to a place from which we don't have to listen anymore to God, to that inner voice to that direction but the truth is it's always the case. You always have to go inward to find that outward direction. It's not going to happen by constantly looking around at where do I want to be and where do I want to go? And you've got to constantly look inside and hear the ask, hear the calling, hear that question.

57:46Because we're looking for the answer that you don't hear the ask. Yes, man. You know what I mean? Yes, man. It's a really interesting thing. God's trying to ask you to do something. You're like, God, tell me the answer. Right, tell me the answer. And God's like, no, no, no, I want you to do this. I want you to do this and you have to be open to the experience and the journey too. It's a beautiful thing, but it's the thing where it doesn't stop. Like, I mean, last week I was like, man, I want this. I want this. It didn't happen for me. And I had to like really come to grips and do exactly what I told you all I work on.

58:18I work on like just still staying in gratitude, still knowing what's for me is there for me and really being present. And then, okay, I prayed for that. And I said, man, if it's in your will and I use my scriptures and that didn't happen for me, then I have to understand that I'm supposed to be here wherever you have me. And I'm going to be trusting in that and be present in that. And that's one of the things that I just, it doesn't stop. Like, I was later in my career when I did that with John, when I said, hey, you know, I called him. But it's still moments where I'm like, should I say this to this person?

58:55should I not? But I'm more leaning towards because I've worked on it to say, I'm going to speak up for the things that I want or just say my truth. Like if it's something that doesn't work for me, I know how to speak up on that too. I love that. I want to take the last few moments to end every on purpose interview as we always do with the final five. Yes. These questions have to be answered with one word to one sentence maximum okay so common this is a real challenge this is a real challenge these are your final five question number one which we ask to every guest who's ever been on the show what is the best advice you've ever heard or received to love others as you love yourself um i think that's the best they're the best that i've received i agree Question number, oh yeah, give it up.

59:49Absolutely, go for it. This is awesome. Question, usually when I'm doing the final five with someone, I don't get this, so this is amazing. You don't know what a gift you're giving me by being here right now. When we're doing this in the studio, it's beautiful, but we should do every episode with you guys here. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Question number two, what is the worst advice you've ever heard or received? people say this they say the same shit every day I asked them like how you doing and they say man same shit new day I don't subscribe to that mentality so I looked at that as like bad advice and I'm like nah so it's got to be something new happening today create something new so create something new yeah yeah question number three what was the hardest part about learning to love yourself and take care of yourself?

1:00:46The hardest part about learning to love myself and take care of myself is learning to love myself when I'm being rejected. That is like a real... Because that is when it taps into little Rashid and the things that I've been rejected or abandoned from before as a kid. And when I'm rejected now, you told me to keep this answer short. It's a great answer, Cario. It's a great answer, Cario. But when I'm rejected now, sometimes I can bring that little Rashid into the present and those feelings of being rejected and make this new rejection greater than what it really is. I'm not present in what is happening.

1:01:37So I think loving myself in those moments has been some of the toughest times, but I feel I'm worth it, so I strive for it.

1:01:52Question number four, how do you show yourself self-love every day? The things that I do for self-love that I spoke about from every aspect, the prayer, meditation, foods, I make sure I'm diligent about it and like if my call time is at 5 30 if they coming to get me to go to set at 5 30 I'm still going to get up and make sure I have enough time to do those things because that's me loving myself that's me giving the time to myself that I need and that's that has nothing to do with nobody else but that's me and the creator and I and I think you know that's how I take time and I also have boundaries now too like where sometimes if somebody is I know is taking advantage of me um or just asking for too much and I'm not able or willing to give that I know how to speak up for that so that's another way that I've learned to love myself every day is speak up beautiful uh fifth and final question of the final five we ask this to every guest who's ever been on the show, if you could create one law that everyone in the world had to follow, what would it be?

1:03:07We would have to go inside of ourselves to find the greatest love that exists. And in every daily activity, we would have to acknowledge that love in ourselves and encourage it in others and see it in others. And that would be the law, to know that love within you and acknowledge it in others and treat them as such. Coleman, we wanted to, I mean, beautiful answers. We wanted to do one last special thing with you because you kindly came out to Chicago to be here with us. I want you to take a look behind you in a second when we have it up there. If we get it up, there we go.

1:03:55If you could communicate with your younger self now, So what would you say to your younger self? Well, you had hair then, brother. Well, I would say, I would say, man, I would say, man, no matter what you go through, you got everything you need to be what you purpose to be on this planet. And go out there and do your duty and do it in the highest way and do it with joy, do it with love, do it with grace, and you will make some mistakes. You will go through pain, but God loves you more than anything and you love you. So show the world that love. I love that.

1:04:43And second one, what do you need to hear? Oh, looking very dapper. It's like, you know, it's like, what would you say you need to hear most right now? The quest is still going. You still got a lot of growing to do, a lot more to give, be free. You're doing well, but you're going to be greater and you will do greater. And all those things you envisioning, continue to be patient and be diligent and remember your purpose. And Jay will have you back on again. Anytime, anytime, anytime, anytime. After this next one, I'll see if you want to come back on again. If we get a third one out. It's some AI from the team.

1:05:41When you look at that, what wisdom do you hope you will have realized in the next 10, 20 years? You finally stopped putting that dot in your beard. I would hope that I would still be enjoying music, creating music, enjoying acting. I would hope to be getting my Morgan Freeman on at that point. And I would hope that the work that I have done is penetrating people's lives and families and things are just better in the world because of me doing my part as we all do our part. And I hope that I'm just having fun and in a good, healthy relationship. Beautiful. Come on, everyone. Come back anytime. Thank you, thank you.

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