Angela Rye and Common got together in the summer of 2017 and made their red carpet debut at the Creative Arts Emmys later that year. The rapper confirmed their budding romance in a SiriusXM interview with radio host Bevy Smith in September 2017. "She's a wonderful woman, and, you know, I'll just say I'm dating; I'm happy right now, and she's an incredible human being," he said. The couple broke things off in March 2018, as confirmed by the popular CNN commentator to Page Six. "We have and will always be friends. He is an amazing human being, and I'm a much better person because he's a part of my life. May we all keep loving and living," she revealed, stating that they ended on good terms.
The former couple rekindled their romance in August 2019, but they eventually parted ways later that year. Rye addressed their split in her podcast "On One With Angela Rye," explaining that they both wanted different things. "We had been talking probably for two months about 'let's see where things go' because I'm leaning towards 'I want kids,' and he was leaning towards 'I don't know,'" she said. "And I think when somebody tells you they don't know, they don't really want that, they just don't want to hurt you," she shared.
