The rapper/actor has been tapped to play a streetwise medic with a troubled past.

AceShowbiz - Rapper and actor Common has landed his first major TV role as an inner-city ER doctor.

The Oscar winner will lead the cast of new drama series Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Common's character is a streetwise medic with a troubled past, who helps run an inner-city hospital.

The TV news comes just days after the rapper signed a first-look pact with studio bosses at Lionsgate.

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