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Common talks Chicago violence: Young people need to have hopes and dreams again

Chicago has some of the worst gun violence in the country, and rapper Common says this stems from a lot of different issues, including lack of job opportunities and mass incarceration. The Chicago native tells Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist that one solution is for young people to have hopes and dreams to achieve things with their lives.
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Chicago has some of the worst gun violence in the country, and rapper Common says this stems from a lot of different issues, including lack of job opportunities and mass incarceration. The Chicago native tells Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist that one solution is for young people to have hopes and dreams to achieve things with their lives.