John Legend

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After graduating from college, Legend worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and began producing, writing, and recording his own music. He released two albums independently: his self-titled demo (2000) and Live at Jimmy’s Uptown (2001), which he sold at his shows. He subsequently began working on his demo and began sending his work to various record labels.

In 2001, Devo Springsteen introduced Legend to Kanye West, then an up-and-coming hip-hop artist; Legend was hired to sing during the hooks of West’s music. After signing to West’s label, he chose his stage name from an idea that was given to him by poet J. Ivy, due to what he perceived as an “old-school sound”. J. Ivy stated, “I heard your music and it reminds me of that music from the old school. You sound like one of the legends. As a matter of fact, that’s what I’m going to call you from now on! I’m going to call you John Legend.” After J. Ivy continued to call him by the new matter of fact, that’s what I’m going to call you from now on! I’m going to call you John Legend.” After J. Ivy continued to call him by the new moniker “John Legend”, others quickly caught on, including Kanye West. Despite Stephens’ reluctance to adopt a stage name, he eventually announced his new artist name as John Legend.

Awards

In 2007, Legend received six nominations and won three, including Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for “Family Affair”, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Heaven” at the Grammy Awards; Best R&B/Soul Single Male for “Save Room” at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2017, Legend was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine’s American Ingenuity Award for Performing Arts. In 2018 Legend became the first Black male to officially achieve an EGOT with his Emmy win for “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Overall, Legend has won 33 awards from 88 nominations.

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