John Legend's Brother Vaughn Anthony Issues New Single
After playing behind the scenes, singing background for his brother John Legend and performing with stars like Estelle and Rick Ross, Vaughn Anthony is ready for his time to shine. The R&B crooner, who has been perfecting his craft, writing and performing all over the world, recorded several new songs and has issued the song "
John Legend, Angie Stone, Mary Mary & More Team with E1 for 'Revolution' Soundtrack
A host of R&B stars have teamed with eOne Music/Blacksmith Music for the collaborative soundtrack to the upcoming film “Soundtrack For a Revolution.” John Legend, Angie Stone, Joss Stone, Mary Mary and company have recorded classic freedom songs for the album, due January 31, 2001.
Executive produced by Corey Smyth, ‘Soundtrack For a Revolution’ celebrates the vitality of this musi...
NBC Buys John Legend Produced Family Comedy
According to Deadline.com, NBC has closed a deal for "Mixed Blessings," a comedy project executive produced by singer-songwriter John Legend.
Mixed Blessings centers on a prominent, black, street-bred hip-hop artist enjoying his single life who discovers that he has a teenage son and decides to connect with him and his white suburban family. The s...
John Legend Denies Stealing Song
A few weeks ago, news reports surfaced regarding a lawsuit against Grammy-winning crooner John Legend for allegedly stealing a song.
In the copyright-infringement lawsuit, New Jersey singer-songwriter Anthony Stokes claims that he gave Legend his demo tape in 2004, although never hearing back from him.
Two years after, Stokes realized that his song "Where Are You Now?" was ripped o...
John Legend Backs GIVE Education Campaign
Grammy Award-winning recording artist and philanthropist John Legend will serve as the spokesperson for the launch of the GIVE Education campaign. The education initiate goal, developed by Procter & Gamble Company and Communities In Schools, is to increase awareness of the student dropout crisis in the U.S. and raise funds to help keep millions of students in school.
"By teaming up w...
John Legend Invests In HINT Water
John Legend is adding 'investor' to his professional resume. The Grammy Award winning singer, along with his associates at The Artists Organization recently invested in San Francisco-based water company HINT, Inc.
They crossed paths with the company last year at chain stores such as Whole Foods Markets and Starbucks, contacting them shortly after to learn more about the company's missi...
Wonder, Legend, Monae Plan Celebration For Marvin Gaye's 'What’s Going on'
Soul/R&B legend Marvin Gaye will be celebrated by some of the genres biggest stars this summer. In honor of Gaye’s classic album, ‘What’s Going On,’ musicians like Stevie Wonder, Janelle Monae and John Legend & The Roots will stage tribute concerts to celebrate his work.
2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1971 release of Gaye's landmark album, ‘What's Going On.’ To kick thi...
John Legend, Willow Smith, Usher and Company NAACP Awards Winners
R&B crooner John Legend and the infamous Roots Band lead the pack of winners at the 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards which went down last night (Feb 4.) in Los Angeles, California. They won two awards for their collaborative album WAKE UP!, including “Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration” and the other for “Outstanding Album.”
Newcomer Willow Smith took home the “Outstanding New A...
John Legend Gets Politically Charged, Voices Frustration With Washington Over Arts
While in Washington, DC to sing in a special black history month celebration for the White House, R&B crooner John Legend also voiced some of his political viewpoints. In an interview with reporters, before an evening concert celebrating Motown's music, the “Ordinary People” musician voiced his concerns about arts, stating there the first thing to go when budgets need to be cut.
"Peopl...
R&B Crooner John Legend to Join Sade on US Tour
International R&B band Sade announced today (Feb. 7) that singer/songwriter/musician John Legend will join every date on their highly anticipated U.S. summer tour. The Live Nation produced trek, which will stop at 50 venues across North America, kicks off June 16th in Baltimore, Maryland at the 1st Mariner's Arena.
"I'm very excited to join Sade on her summer tour. She is an incom...
John Legend Opens New Apartment For Interview
R&B singer John Legend opened up his newly purchased $1.9M New York home as he cuddles up to his model girlfriend Chrissy Teigen for the latest edition of New York Magazine.
Legend admits he struggled to find a property that fit his requirements.
"Most of the places you look at are cookie-cutter boxes,” Legend says about the East Village pad. “They don't have any co...
Jennifer Hudson, Melanie Fiona and Common to Join John Legend & The Roots' 'Unstaged'
John Legend and The Roots are set for a live Vevo/Youtube webcast of their upcoming concert directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Spike Lee.
Speaking about the concert, 53-year-old Lee told the Associated Press, "It's not necessarily a Spike Lee joint. It's a John Legend and the Roots joint", before adding, "I like doing stuff live. We can't stop this concert. Going to have to go with...
NEW RELEASES: John Legend & The Roots, Shontelle And Iyaz
John Legend & the Roots "Wake Up!" (Columbia)…John Legend & the Roots captured the energy and inspiration from the 2008 presidential election to create "Wake Up." The album is largely a set of cover songs focused on the message music of the 1960s and 1970s by songwriters like Marvin Gaye and others, but there is one original composition called “Shine...
John Legend Sets 'Wake Up' Album Release
John Legend's anticipated album, "Wake Up," will be released this fall (2010) !
Teaming up with The Roots, Legend's "Wake Up" will feature soulful music from the 60's and 70's all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness — effectively telling listeners to Wake Up!
"These songs sound so relevant now," Legend said in statement Thursday. "On most of them,...
John Legend To Recieve BET Humanitarian Award
Grammy Award winner John Legend will be honored with the BET Humanitarian Award during the 2010 BET Awards.
According to the network, Legend was selected for "his work to end poverty through education".
In related news, John Legend is working on his next album, reportedly spending time with the Roots. At this time however, a release date has not been set for the project Legend has ...
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