After winning a record-breaking Emmy, heat looks at what makes the singer Legend-ary.
We might be seeing him through the lens of his hilarious wife Chrissy Teigen, but we think John Legend is pretty damn great. And after becoming the first black man and joint youngest person to have won the ‘big four’ (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award) last week, it seems the world thinks he’s pretty great, too. Here we look at just some of the reasons for loving the living Legend…
HE’S SUPER-SMART
After receiving scholarship offers from Harvard, Georgetown and Morehouse, John chose to go to the University of Pennsylvania to study English. During his time there, he was part of an a capella group, was a member of two prestigious societies, and performed on the album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
HE’S CONFIDENT, NOT COCKY
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