Legend was offered admission to Harvard University and scholarships to Georgetown University and Morehouse College he ultimately decided to attend the University of Pennsylvania.Īt college, Legend served as the president and musical director of the co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group the Counterparts. At the age of 15, Legend won a Black History Month essay competition run by McDonalds, following the prompt "How do you intend to make Black history?" with an essay about how he intended to be a successful musician, according to an interview on the Carlos Watson Show. Īt the age of 12, Legend attended North High School in Springfield, Ohio, from which he graduated as salutatorian of his class four years later. Because of his academic talent, he skipped two grades. At the age of 7, he performed with his church choir. His father was a drummer, while "his mother sang and directed the church choir, and his grandmother was the church organist." In 2004, Legend stated that his parents were divorced for 12 years before reuniting. He is one of four children of Phyllis Elaine (née Lloyd), a seamstress, and Ronald Lamar Stephens, a factory worker at International Harvester (now Navistar). Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio.
Legend won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award in 2015 for co-writing the song " Glory" from the film Selma. In 2007, Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Legend's single " All of Me" from his fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013) was a Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit. Legend has sung on Jay-Z's " Encore", Alicia Keys's " You Don't Know My Name", Dilated Peoples' "This Way", Slum Village's "Selfish", Fort Minor's "High Road", and played piano on Lauryn Hill's " Everything Is Everything". Prior to the release of Legend's debut album Get Lifted (2004), he collaborated with already-established artists and signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music. Darkness And Light (feat.John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. Brittany Howard)ĭescription Double LP from Award Winning Musician Also Features Guest Artists Miguel, Brittany Howard & More!ģ. The lead single from Darkness And Light, is the anthemic track, Love Me Now, written and produced by John Legend with Blake Mills and John Ryan (One Direction).Ģ.
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