Lonnie Lynn

Lonnie Lynn, also known as Lonnie "Pops" Lynn,cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4708311|title='Pops' Contributes to Rapper Common's Cause : NPR Music |publisher=NPR |accessdate=2008-08-07] (born May 24, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'7" 215 lb forward and played one season for the ABA's Pittsburgh Pipers (1969-70 season).cite web |url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lynnlo01.html |title=Lonnie Lynn Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sport Reference LLC. |accessdate=2008-08-07] He attended DuSable High School on Chicago's south side before moving on to Wilberforce University and Upper Iowa University.

Once known to Chicagoans for his play at DuSable High School, Lonnie Lynn has gathered a following in the rap world. Father of hip hop artist Common, Mr. Lynn performed on his several of his son's albums.

On record, Lynn shares opinions, experiences and wisdom to a younger hip hop audience in spoken word poetry format. Many of these appearances, in particular "Pops Rap" on "Resurrection", feature Lynn discussing the hippie ideals that have found their way into hip hop culture. In an article for National Public Radio, journalist Robert Siegel wrote of Lonnie "Pops" Lynn:

Although he was reared in Chicago, Lynn was greatly affected by visits to the south during his youth and the brutal murder of Emmett Till, a fellow Chicagoan.

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* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYNNLO01 Lynn at databasebasketball.com]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4708311 NPR Interview: 'Pops' Contributes to Rapper Common's Cause]