Showing posts with label John Legend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Legend. Show all posts

John Legend surprises London fans with mini-concert at a train station

This morning, John Legend decided to throw a surprise performance for commuters at London's St. Pancras Station

The Grammy-winning artist kicked it all off when he tweeted that he would be arriving at the railway station via the Eurostar and asking if they still had a piano.



After arriving at the station, the singer proceeded to play a 10-minute set of some of his biggest hits including "Ordinary People" and "All of Me".

John Legend describes Kanye West’s meeting with Donald Trump as ’publicity stunt’

Kanye West recently met up with Donald Trump and took to twitter to reveal he met with him in order to discuss issue 'multicultural issue' In an interview with French Outlet, Clique, John Legend has described the meeting as a publicity stating that he was disappointed in Kanye.

"I don't think it's impossible to talk to [Donald Trump] about issues, but I won't be used as a publicity stunt. I think Kanye was a publicity stunt," he said. He went on to express frustration and disappointment in the rapper he's frequently collaborated with over the years.

"I'm pretty disappointed with Kanye that he says he would have voted for Trump. I think Trump has been corrosive, his message has been corrosive to the country. I think the things he's promised to do have been very concerning for a lot of people, and for Kanye to support that message is very disappointing," he said.

When the interviewer asked if Kanye perhaps had something else in mind by meeting with Trump, Legend continued to be dismissive.

"Whatever's in his mind, I disagree with him," he said.

John Legend writes an open letter to US President Obama

Singer John Legend  wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama begging him “to bring justice to the thousands of families of non-violent drug offenders” before he leaves office because he wasn't sure the Trump administration would do anything about it. 
Read his letter below:
“First of all, I would like to thank you for your friendship and for your outstanding service to our country,” the singer wrote in the letter, published by Rolling Stone. “I’m particularly grateful for the concrete steps your administration has taken to provide opportunities to tens of millions of young people and families who have been impacted by mass incarceration.”
He expressed fear whether or not the Trump administration “will maintain this progress.”
He added:
“It is unclear what their priorities will be and when families can expect justice.”  According to a report published by the Pew Research Center on Dec. 9, Obama “has granted clemency to more people convicted of federal crimes than any chief executive in nearly 50 years.” As of Nov. 30, he’s “granted clemency to 1,093 individuals (the vast majority convicted of drug-related offenses).” In his letter, Legend later urged Obama “to consider issuing categorical commutations to bring an end to the injustice that remains in our federal sentencing schemes.” 
His concluded by writing: 
“Just as George W. Bush urged you to proactively address clemency on your way to your first inauguration in 2009, I am asking you to bring justice to thousands of families by granting as many clemencies as possible before you leave office.”  He added that..
“approximately 5,000 individuals are serving sentences based on prejudiced laws which punished drug crimes involving crack cocaine more severely than crimes involving powder cocaine. Rectifying these crack-powder disparities would not only correct the mistakes of the past, but could save taxpayers just over $150 million per year and keep with public sentiment about the over-incarceration and criminalization of drug crimes.” 

’I was concerned by what I saw,-John Legend speaks on Kanye West’s hospitalisation

Kanye West's close friend and fellow musician John Legend has voiced his concerns for the  rapper the morning after he was hospitalized for a psychotic break.
In an interview with CBS This Morning on Tuesday, Legend revealed that he was with Kim Kardashian right before he was taken to UCLA Medical Center late Monday. He said 
'We were with Kim actually, you know, right before all of that.
'I was concerned by what I saw, so hopefully he's getting some rest and some time to figure things out,'
TMZ reports that the star is 'spiraling out of control' while friends told DailyMail that the 'breakdown' was triggered by problems in his marriage, paranoia over his rift with Jay Z and his seething jealousy of Beyonce.