John Legend

Released: November 2, 2020

I wrote this song as a tribute to [Chrissy and my] relationship and the fact that love can get us through all kinds of tough times, and we know that the world is going through tough times right now.

We know that Joe Biden personally has experienced so much tragedy. And what I think he's taught us and what he brings to this job, this idea of being the leader of this nation, is the fact that he's resilient, that he has empathy, that he understands what it is like to feel serious pain, that he's able to lead this country out of a serious, dark time in our history. And that's why I'm here today.

This song is called "Never Break."

John Legend was born in 1978 in Ohio. He became an in-demand session musician and songwriter, working with such artists as Alicia Keys, Twista and Janet Jackson. He was soon introduced to up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, and the two musicians collaborated on one another’s demos.

J. Ivy claims credit for bestowing the “Legend” moniker upon John Stephens (with an assist from Kanye West). Via

Kanye was like, ‘Have you heard of this singer called John Stephens?’ He played me this song from him, that I think will.i.am produced. It was so refreshing and soulful. An hour later, John Stephens comes into the studio. I told him, ‘I heard your music. It’s so amazing. It sounds old school. Man, you sound like one of the legends. You’re a legend. Matter of fact, that’s what I am going to call you from now The Legend. A couple days later, we were in the lounge of the studio (Record Plant) and John Stephens walks in and everyone shouts him out. I was like, ‘John Legend!’ Kanye then said, ‘You’re John Legend from now on. That’s your name!’”

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