The American rapper Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? He mainly became famous in the underground scene during the years after release, but nowadays it's known as an important album in early '90s hip-hop.
Velvet Negroni is the alter-ego of creative polymath Jeremy Nutzman. Jeremy - a black kid adopted into a white evangelical Christian family - split his formative years between classical piano lessons and late night jam sessions.