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When you’re as fit as hip-hop artist Common, people are naturally going to wonder about your secret to health and wellness. Fortunately for us, Common is sharing his secrets in his new book And Then We Rise. “The thing that I’m talking about is reaching a state of happiness and joy. Joy comes by taking care of self.” He breaks down his message into four key pillars of wellness: food, body, mind and soul. “It’s not like every day I’m just soaring on the clouds and everything is perfect. But these are tools for when I’m not feeling good about something.” He actively uses these tools himself. “Before I get onto that stage, I’m doing my practices so that I can be at my best and be present.” But he’s clear that everybody should do what’s right for them. “What I’m doing is just sharing things that have worked for me. I think each individual has to find what works for them.” As for the latest Hollywood craze of using medications like Ozempic to get thin, he admits he’s “not familiar with it,” but that “it doesn’t sit right” with him. “I believe part of the victory, if you want to be thinner, is the work you put into it. Like the natural things you do to get there, it will have more value.”
HOW AND THEN WE RISE CAME ABOUT ▸
During the pandemic. I was doing [workouts] on IG Live. I started to realize that a lot of peop
