"Heaven" John Legend Hand Signed 10X8 Color Photo Todd Mueller COA

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John Roger Stephens
(born December 28, 1978), known professionally as
John Legend
, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, film producer, and philanthropist. 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
. 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
". Legend's single "
All of Me
" from his fourth studio album
Love in the Future
(2013) was a
Billboard
Hot 100
number-one hit. In 2007, Legend received the
Hal David Starlight Award
from the
Songwriters Hall of Fame
. 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
. He has also won eleven
Grammy Awards
. In 2017, Legend received a
Tony Award
for co-producing
Jitney
for the Broadway stage. In 2018, Legend portrayed
Jesus Christ
in
NBC
's
adaptation
of the rock opera
Jesus Christ Superstar
. He received a
Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for his acting role, and won for his role as a producer of the show, making him one of 16 people and the first black man to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards:
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony
(EGOT). Legend is also the second youngest person to have achieved this milestone. Since 2019, Legend has been featured as a coach on
The Voice
. Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in
Springfield, Ohio
.
[5]
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
). 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. Legend was
homeschooled
by his mother. He began playing the piano at age 4. At the age of 7, he performed with his church choir. Because of his academic talent, he skipped two grades. At the age of 12, Legend attended
North High School
in Springfield, Ohio, from which he graduated as
salutatorian
of his class four years later. 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
. Legend was offered admission to
Harvard University
and scholarships to
Georgetown University
and
Morehouse College
; he ultimately decided to attend the
University of Pennsylvania
. At college, Legend served as the president and musical director of the co-ed
jazz
and pop
a cappella
group the Counterparts. His lead vocals on the group's recording of
Joan Osborne
's "
One of Us
" (written by fellow Penn alum
Eric Bazilian
of
the Hooters
) received critical acclaim, landing the song on the track list of the 1998
Best of Collegiate a Cappella
compilation CD. Legend was also a member of the
Sphinx Senior Society
and Onyx Senior Honor Society. While in college, Legend was introduced to
Lauryn Hill
by a friend. Hill hired him to play piano on "
Everything Is Everything
", a song from her album
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
.
[16]
He graduated
magna cum laude
with a bachelor's degree in
English
with an emphasis on
African-American literature
in 1999.