Common Follows Up His Super Bowl Voice Work for Microsoft With This NBA Ad

DDB's spot for the All-Star Game

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Common is a busy man these days, winning a Golden Globe (for the song "Glory" from Selma), getting nominated for two Grammys and an Oscar (also for "Glory"), and providing the voiceover for two stirring Microsoft ads on the Super Bowl.

As if that weren't enough, he also found time to voice this new ad promoting the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York.

Created by the New York office of DDB, the spot mixes live action and animation, with flashes of NYC landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.

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