Rapper Common Pays Tribute To Dr. Maya Angelou

Last week one of the world's greatest female poets passed away, Dr. Maya Angelou. The educator, and great writer died last Wednesday morning, May 28 at home in Winston-Salem, NC. Angelou was 86-years-old.

MStars News has been keeping you updated with details on her memorial service, and sharing the thoughts' of millions that she touched, including Oprah.

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One rapper that caught the poet's attention was Common. Angelou was displeased with Common at one point, when the rapper used the N-word in his song called, "The Dreamer" featuring a poem written by Maya Angelou.  He wrote a letter describing the first time he met Angelou, and the memories that they shared.

Here is part of the excerpt:

"The next night she did her thing at the event and embraced me as a young writer-artist, an important voice in hip hop and even flirted with me. Now that really made me feel special. She and I would go on to build a bond that not only would have us spreading love at events in Harlem, Chicago, and DC, but I would be blessed to go visit her at her home in Winston-Salem, NC, and celebrate several birthdays with her where we had great times and I got to know her lovely family. It was always an honor to be in her presence and though she did feel like my mother, my grandma, and my friend. I would always Thank God for being there with her.

Every experience was unique, but every time I saw her I learned something about myself and about life, about humanity, about progress. And I was always reminded how we are true reflections of God, how much Light we do have, how great and dynamic Black Women are and how far Integrity, Self Love and Self Respect can take you. I don't know if my words-or any words-can truly describe the experience of being in the atmosphere of Dr. Maya Angelou, someone you know is sent from the Creator to Give the World A Voice it has never heard, a brightness it has never witnessed, an energy that is Greatness, Divinity and Awakening all wrapped into one."