Common Admits Dropping This Food Helped His Bars: “I Feel Like I Was Rapping Better”

G.O.O.D. Music’s Common may have just revealed the key to rap longevity. In a new interview, the hip-hop veteran admits going vegetarian turned him into a better musician.

Within December’s Food & Wine issue, Common digs into how switching up his diet and avoiding meats immediately impacted him for the better.

The rapper, 44, says he grew up in Chicago eating a lot of traditional meat-heavy foods — like barbecue, hamburgers and bacon — but his outlook changed when musicians he admired started advocating a vegetarian lifestyle. “Then I heard rappers, like KRS-One in ‘My Philosophy,’ say things about not eating meat, which was a real education, especially since it was coming from somebody cool. That stayed with me and made me want to learn more,” he says. “As soon as I removed meat from my diet, I started to feel a clarity I didn’t have before. It sounds funny, but I feel like I was rapping better.” (People)

Earlier this year, Miami producer DJ Khaled promoted himself going on a vegan diet.

Back in December 2013, music couple Jay Z and Beyoncé went on a 22-day vegetarian diet.

Mission accomplished! Beyoncé and Jay Z have completed their 22-day vegan challenge. The couple decided to eliminate meat and animal products from their diets until Christmas, the rapper announced via his Life + Times blog just one day before his 44th birthday on Dec. 3. A source tells E! News that the “Drunk in Love” collaborators dined at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Norcross, Ga., over the weekend. The spouses of five years traveled south to Miami, where they once again opted to eat seafood. (E! Online)

Earlier the same month, Jay celebrated his 44th birthday with Bey at a popular vegan-based restaurant.

It’s only Day 1, but Beyonce and Jay-Z are serious as a heart attack about adopting a no-meat diet … because they just pigged out at a classy vegan lunch joint in L.A. to celebrate Jay’s 44th birthday. Bey and Jay ordered a variety of organic vegan menu items at Cafe Gratitude — a place that touts its food and its people as “a celebration of our aliveness.” B&J have said they’re going on a 22-day plant-based diet to become more spiritual … and they chose today — Jay-Z’s birthday — as the day to start. (TMZ)