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Louis Hinds: [opens the door for Floyd to leave] get the fuck out.
Floyd Henderson: Well, I guess you don't give a fuck about the money then, huh?
Louis Hinds: What money? It's a funeral! Don't nobody get paid to sing at no damn funeral!
[suddenly looks at Louis and raises his eyebrows]
Louis Hinds: How much?
Floyd Henderson: Forty grand.
Louis Hinds: [closes the door] Apiece?
Floyd Henderson: No, down the middle.
Louis Hinds: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO. That ain't even enough.
Floyd Henderson: The fuck you mean "that's not enough", man?
Louis Hinds: I got a lifestyle to maintain here!
Floyd Henderson: What kinda lifestyle, man? You filthy motherfucker! You got a pantry full of dogfood, but I don't see no dog!
Louis Hinds: Dog under the bed, Nigga! You lucky he ain't attacked your ass when you came in!
Floyd Henderson: YOU THE DOG, MOTHERFUCKER!
John Legend
John Roger Stephens (John Legend) , born in Springfield, Ohio, USA on December 28, 1978, is an American male singer, songwriter, piano player, and producer. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania .
In 2004, he released his first solo studio album " Get Lifted " and made his official debut
[1]
. In 2006, he won the 48th Grammy Award for Best Newcomer
[2]
; in the same year, the second studio album "Once Again"
[3] was released
. In 2007, he won the Hal Big Satellite Light Award
[4]
. In 2008, the third studio album "Evolver" was released
[5]
. In 2010, he and The Roots released the album " Wake Up "
[6]
, which won the best R&B album at the 53rd Grammy Awards
[7]
. In 2013, the fourth studio album " Love in the Future "
[8] was released
. In 2014, his song " All of Me " won the No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart in the United States
[9]
.
In 2015, the theme song " Glory " sung for the movie "Selma" won the best original song at the 87th Academy Awards
[10]
. In 2016, the fifth studio album " Darkness and Light "
[11] was released
; in the same year, he starred in the love song and dance film " La La Land "
[12]
. In 2017, he was selected as the " Artist Group" of the " Time " Annual Global 100 Most Influential People List
[13]
; in the same year, the drama "Jitney" he participated in won the 71st Tony Award for Best Replay Drama
[14]
. In 2018, he won the 70th Emmy Award for Best Variety Special with the live rock musical " Jesus Christ Superstar Live Concert ", thus completing the " EGOT " Grand Slam
[15]
. In 2020, with the song "HIGHER", he won the 62nd Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Singing Performance
[16]
.
Early Experience
John Roger Stephens was born in Ohio, USA. He was educated in his family since he was a child and has a piano in his family. At the age of five, he began to use this piano to learn to practice playing songs. When he was eight or nine years old, he had already begun to play piano accompaniment for the church choir in some local churches. He had some gospel music songs given to him by his grandmother professor, and soon after John Roger Stephens began to play songs independently
. In middle school, John Roger Stephens began to record some small albums and fell in love with songs by artists such as Boyz II Men and James Todd Smith
.
After graduating from high school at the age of 16, he entered the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in English language and literature. During this period, he formed a jazz band, and the cover song won the Best Campus Song Award. In 1998, John Roger Stephens performed a background piano performance in Lauryn Noelle Hill 's song "Everything Is Everything"
. In addition, he became the director of the choir at Bethel AME Church outside Philadelphia
.
After graduation, John Roger Stephens performed in bars in Philadelphia, New York, Washington and other places
. At the same time of the performance, he will also record records and sell them during the performance. Through hard work, he gradually began to perform with some R&B artists, and began to appear in some artists' records. Some of his live recordings also attracted the attention of producer Kanye West, who was introduced to Kanye by his college roommate Harris (Kanye's cousin) . Kanye took John Roger Stephens to his team after watching a few of his performances
.
Performing Experience
In 2000, John Roger Stephens released an unofficial independent album "John Stephens". In 2001, he released his first live album "Live at Jimmy's Uptown". In 2002, he independently released several live CDs
.
In 2003, John Roger Stephens participated Alicia Keys album " at The Diary of Alicia Keys " singles " by You the Do not Know the Name My " recording
; then, he has participated in Jay-the Z- , Black Eyed Peas and other artists albums Recorded by Janet Jackson , Mary J. Blige and other artists
; in the same year, Kanye West officially signed John Roger Stephens into his own KonMan Entertainment Company (renamed GOOD Music in 2004) ; Soon after, a recording contract was signed with Columbia Records
.
In 2004, with the help of Kanye, the live album "Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory" was released; on December 28, the first solo studio album " Get Lifted " was released , thus making his official debut; the album Produced by Kanye West
, it reached number 7 on the Billboard Albums Chart in the United States with 116,000 albums sold in the first week , and its global sales reached 3 million albums
.
In January 2005, his first film " Loverboy " was released in the United States; in March, he played the young Stevie Wonder in the NBC musical series " American Dreams "
; on June 10, John Roger Stephens was in the United States Atlanta kicked off its first solo tour "Get Lifted Tour"
; on June 28, he won the Best Newcomer Award at the 5th Black Entertainment Television Awards
; in September, he won the Best Blues Performance at the 10th British Black Music Awards
; In December, he performed the song "For Once in My Life" at the Kennedy Center Honor Award Ceremony
.
On February 6, 2006, he made the opening performance for the 40th NFL Super Bowl
; on February 8, the 48th Grammy Awards were announced. John Roger Stephens won the Best Newcomer Award, and with the song " Ordinary People " Won the best R&B male singer, and his album "Get Lifted" won the best R&B album
; February 20, performed at the NBA All-Star Weekend
; March 4, won at the 20th Soul Train Music Awards Won three awards including Sammy Davis Jr. Artist of the Year
; on October 24, the second solo studio album "Once Again" was released, which was still produced by Kanye West, with 23 In the first week of sales of 10,000 copies, he won the third
place on the Billboard Albums Chart ; on October 30, his solo national tour opened in New York
; on December 11, he participated in the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway
.
On February 11, 2007, he won the best R&B male singer and the best R&B band/group at the 49th Grammy Awards with the songs "Heaven" and " Family Affair " respectively
; in April, "Once Again" was launched. Themed North American Spring Tour
; in June, he won the Hal David Star Light Award from the American Creators Hall of Fame
.
In 2008, starred in the musical comedy movie " Soul Men " starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac , playing a lead singer of the late soul orchestra
; on October 28, the third solo studio album "Evolver" was officially released. John Roger Stephens has incorporated some more diverse songs, including "Green Light" with rapper Andre Benjamin . The album sold 133,000 copies in the United States in the first week, ranking No. 4 on the Billboard Albums Chart in the United States.
; On December 1, the world tour kicked off in Montclair, USA
.
On January 19, 2009, he sang the song "Shower the People" with the folk singer James Taylor at the Obama inaugural concert
; on February 9, he won the 51st Grameen with the song "Stay with Me" in collaboration with Al Green The best R&B band/combination in the United States
; February 22, performed at the 81st Academy Awards
; April 8, the first solo concert in Mainland China was held at Shanghai Yunfeng Theater
; October 30, Participated in the 25th anniversary concert of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
.
On June 27, 2010, he won the Humanitarian Award at the 10th Black Entertainment Television Awards
; on September 21, he released the cover album " Wake Up " in collaboration with the rap group The Roots . The album tracks were concentrated in the 1970s to the 1990s. Works of soul music
.
On February 14, 2011, the 52nd Grammy Awards was announced. John Roger Stephens won the best traditional R&B singer with the song " Hang On In There ", and his album "Wake Up" won the best R&B album. The song "Shine" won the best R&B song
; on February 27, Motown Records held a celebration at the White House. John Roger Stephens, Jamie Foxx , Mr. President and other artists kicked off the concert with songs
; On March 4, the 42nd Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Image Award was announced. John Roger Stephens and The Roots won the outstanding combination, and the album "Wake Up" won the Outstanding Album Award
; in the same year, he served as the opening guest of the soul band Sade's tour
.
In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Howard University; in the same year, he served as a mentor judge for the music television talent show " Duets "
. On August 30, 2013, the fourth solo studio album " Love in the Future " was
released. The album track " All of Me " won the first place on the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart in the United States
and won the Billboard Music Award. Two awards for best streaming song and best radio song
.
On February 10, 2014, he performed the song "All of Me" at the 56th Grammy Awards
; in the same month, he won the Outstanding Male Artist Award, "All of Me" at the 45th Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Image Awards. Won the Outstanding Song Award
; in March, launched the "An Evening with John Legend: The All of Me Tour" national tour
; in May, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pennsylvania
; on November 23, won the 42nd session The most popular R&B/soul male singer at the National Music Awards
; on December 4, he won the Mnet Asian Music Awards as the most popular international artist
; in the same year, he sang the theme song " Glory " for the movie " Selma " with Common , which won It won many awards including the best original song at the 87th Academy Awards, the best film and television song at the 58th Grammy Awards, and the best original song at the 72nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards
.
On February 1, 2015, served as a guest performer for the 49th NFL Super Bowl
; on February 22, performed the song "Glory" with Common at the 87th Academy Awards
; March On the 9th, he released the single " Lay Me Down " sung with Sam Smith , which dropped to the top of the British pop singles chart
; on May 16, he participated in the first Rio de Janeiro Rock Music Festival in the United States
; August 30 On the same day, the single " One Man Can Change the World " with Kanye West and Big Sean won the MTV Music Video Award for Best Social Information Video
; in the same year, he was the producer of the song and dance film "Dance for the Future"
.
In January 2016, he won the Presidential Award of the 47th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
; later, he served as the producer of the historical drama series "Underground Party"
; in June, he was the guest of the American national anthem at the 2016 NBA finals
; later, he was responsible for love Executive producer of the movie " Southside With You "
; in October, released the single " Love Me Now " written for lovers , as the main title of the five
specials; on December 2, released the fifth solo studio album " Darkness and Light" " ;
in the same year, played by Opie , Emma Jean Stone starred love dance film" La La Land ", played by actor Keith Sebastian's old acquaintances, and sang episode" Start a Fire " ;
he and crew The other actors won the Pioneer Award at the 28th Palm Springs International Film Festival for the film
.
In February and March 2017, the theme song " Beauty and the Beast " of the Disney live-action film " Beauty and the Beast " , which was jointly sung with Cat , was officially launched
; on February 26, " Beauty and the Beast " was performed at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony. Two songs in "La La Land"
; on April 20, he was selected as the " Artist Group" of the " Time " annual global influential 100 list
; in May, the prelude of the "Darkness and Light" North American tour was opened in Miami
; 6 In September, the drama "Gitney" he participated in won the 71st Tony Award for Best Rehearsal Drama. John Roger Stephens won the award as a producer
; in the same year, he composed the music for the Broadway musical "SpongeBob SquarePants"
.
In March 2018, he came to mainland China again after 8 years, and held concerts in Shanghai and Shenzhen successively
; in April, the rock musical " Jesus Christ Venus Superstar Live Concert " starring and produced by him passed NBC as a special TV program. In September, "Jesus Christ Superstar Live Concert" won the 70th Primetime Emmy Award for Best Variety Special, John Roger Stephens won the award as a producer, and he also completed the " EGOT " Grand Slam, became the 15th person to complete the Grand Slam and the first black person to complete the achievement
; on October 26, the Christmas album "A Legendary Christmas" was released, which included 6 original songs and 4 covers Song
; November 15th, launched a one-and-a-half month Christmas North American tour
; in the same year, was responsible for the executive production of the VR animated short film " Legend of Rainbow Birds ", and dubbed the crow that brought warmth back to the world
; the work won the 46th The best interactive media for daytime program at the Emmy Awards
.
In 2019, he served as the mentor of the singing talent show " The Voice ", and led Maelyn Jarmon to win the 16th season
; in November, he was voted "the sexiest man alive in 2019" by "People" magazine
. In January 2020, with Khaled Mohamed Khaled and Nipsey Hussle's single "HIGHER" won the 62nd Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Singing Performance
.
Personal Life
family
In 2007, John Roger Stephens fell in love with American model Christine Diane Teigen , and the two got engaged in 2011. On September 14, 2013, the wedding was held in Italy in secret
. On April 14, 2016, her daughter Luna was born
. In May 2018, Chrissy gave birth to a boy named Miles
. On August 14, 2020, John Roger Stephens announced in his new song "Wild" MV that he and Christine Diane Teigen are preparing to welcome their third child.
In addition, John Roger Stephens has two dogs: Puddy and Pippa. In April 2015, John held a "wedding" for the two dogs
. On October 2nd, John Roger Stephens’s wife Chrissy Teigen posted on IG, revealing that she and the legendary brother’s third baby could not be kept safe
.
Character Evaluation
John Roger Stephens is very cute. Not only does he compose songs, his voice is very good, but his appearance is also very handsome .
John Roger Stephens' music is like coffee, and strong and fragrant are the only criteria for judging. He is a scholar-type soul singer. He is not only a singer, but also a preacher of R&B music and soul music. In the beat of the disco and funk in the song "Green Light", the audience saw his potential as a trendy musician. In the songs "This Time" and "I Love, You Love", he showed the kind of concise but not simple musical charm .
The voice of John Roger Stephens has its own unique charm. It instantly inhales the listener’s body into a paradise created with music. The notes turn into warm sunshine to warm people’s hearts, and the melody turns into a gentle breeze blowing every inch of skin. The ripples rising on the water wash away the lead blooms. He performed many good songs with his emotional soul singing
. As a listener, no matter how many songs he has heard, he cannot resist the charm of his singing .
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