Badu Broke Common's Heart in Phone Call

Rapperactor Common will never forget the day soul icon Erykah Badu brokehis heart - she dumped him over the phone after falling for someone else.

The stars dated for two years before their split in 2002 and Common admits the break up hit him hard - because Badu was his first real love.

In an appearance on America's The Wendy Williams Show, he recalls, "Shehanded it to me. I was in my hotel room on tour and... she called me andwas like, 'Hey, I don't wanna be in this relationship no more. I'm liking somebody else (sic).'" Badu, who previously dated Outkast's Andre 3000, went on to have a child with another rapper, The D.O.C., but Common refuses to hold the harsh let down against the On and On hitmaker - and insists they are now good friends.

He says, "That was my first love and my first heartbreak, but it taughtme a lot of things, and when it happened I kinda really got into myself and really learned about myself and I was able to move on, and now me andE is real cool (sic)".

Common also reveals he's close to another ex-girlfriend after ending his onoff romance with tennis star Serena Williams for good earlier this year (11).

He adds, "We're just friends now".