John Legend Accomplishments

John Legend, singer, songwriter, pianist, is a 36 year old extremely talented man who has succeeded in far more than just reaching fame in music. He comes from an interesting historical background; his 4th and 5th grandfathers were born slaves and died freed men. Being that John Legend was always into Classical soul, hip-hop and gospel music since early childhood, he carried that interest into the music he composes today, which makes him one of the few artists in the r&b/hip-hop music industry today that has carried his soul music history into today’s modern musical styles. John Legend’s early childhood, early career and musical influences have influenced his reputation and our musical heritage today by combining old with new and making it something of his own through his music.
The four main resources used in this paper are two internet source, one book source and the textbook The Enjoyment of Music by Forney, Dell ‘Antonio, and Malchis. The first internet source I used provided a lot of relevant and …show more content…
He comes from an interesting historical background; his 4th and 5th grandfathers were born slaves and died freed men. Being that John Legend was always into Classical soul, hip-hop and gospel music since early childhood, he carried that interest into his music today, which makes him one of the few artists in the r&b/hip-hop music industry that has carried his Soul Music History into today’s modern musical styles. Springfield, Ohio 1978 was known to be the worst time in history for the season of winter. There was an unforgettable blizzard in Ohio that killed about 50 people who lived in Ohio. This blizzard occurred one month after John Legend was born. John Legend grew up in a Christian musical home. At 3 years old John Legend’s
Grandmother (a minister) taught him how to play the piano and at 7 years old