Kean University Cancels Common’s Commencement Speech
Hours after making Common the commencement speaker at its 2015 graduation, New Jersey's Kean University retracted its decision. According to a report from NorthJersey.com, the decision to cancel on Common may have been influenced by the New Jersey state police who were concerned that the rapper sympathized with a convicted cop-killer on "A Song For Assata," a track from his 2000 album Li