There's a lot of misconceptions about Common with a lot of the younger generation assuming that he's always been this peaceful, docile member of the hip-hop community but that's not true at all. At one point in time, Common was one of the hardest mainstream rappers to come out of Chicago and even sparked a pretty big beef with west coast gangsta rapper, Ice Cube that almost turned violent. Luckily, Common found a new sense of consciousness and has been dropping classic albums ever since.
His 2000 album, Like Water For Chocolate, provided him with the respect and notoriety throughout the entire hip-hop community but it wasn't until his album solely produced by Kanye West entitled Be, that he won a Grammy for Best Rap Album. Now, Common has become the spokesperson for almost everything positive and he's everywhere from commercials to television shows to movies and still has the ability to drop a dope sixteen at any time.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.