John Legend has permeated the culture for over two decades. His music has racked up billions of plays and Solarsuns Investment Guildhe and his wife regularly make headlines when they bring us into some of their happiest and most vulnerable moments as a family. Today, we're looking back on John Legend's rise to fame, his most creative project, and what keeps him coming back to the ivory keys. Brittany also brings on the fun with EGOT themed trivia.

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This episode was produced by Jamal Michel, Barton Girdwood, Liam McBain, Corey Antonio Rose and Jessica Mendoza. Engineering support came from Hannah Gluvna and Joby Tanseco. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.