Common is giving credit to dietary changes he made when he was younger for improving his rap skills. In a recent interview with Food & Wine, Common spoke about healthy eating and how he's striving to help children make better food choices.
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“I believe that what you eat affects the way you feel, the way you think and how beautiful you can look, so I’m really passionate about introducing kids to a holistic, healthy, good life,” he said.
Back in the day, Common was a meat eater, from barbecue to burgers, but after he started listening to other rappers talk about removing meat from their diets, he did the same.
“Then I heard rappers, like KRS-One in ‘My Philosophy,’ say things about not eating meat, which was a real education, especially since it was coming from somebody cool. That stayed with me and made me want to learn more,” Common said. “As soon as I removed meat from my diet, I started to feel a clarity I didn’t have before. It sounds funny, but I feel like I was rapping better.”
Although he's now a pescatarian, he's still living a healthy lifestyle, and with his Common Ground Foundation, he's also teaching children about healthy eating.
But, of course, he has his vices.
“I’m a cookie monster. I like the gluten-free, sugar-free ones from Erin McKenna’s in NYC,” he said. “I’ll come home after working hard, and they’re my treat—I’ve earned them.”
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