Interview by DAVID MARCHESE FEB. 22, 2019 “Within the last 18 months, someone said R. Kelly had a good song for me. I said no.” Talk by David Marchese John Legend on Kanye West, political music and morality in art. Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya Feb. 21, 2019 In January, John Legend drew widespread praise as the most prominent musician to speak out against R. Kelly’s decades of sexual-assault allegations in Lifetime’s much discussed “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary. The reaction was further proof that even aside from his own music, the 40-year-old has a knack for getting people to look squarely at what matters. It’s an odd gift, given Legend’s air of imperturbability, and one often expressed in more playful ways, as anyone who follows his wife Chrissy Teigen’s frequently viral social media accounts knows. But now Legend’s calm-in-the-storm charisma can be both seen and heard in the video for his new single, “Preach,” a gospel-influenced cry against political inaction. In it the singer appears as a pastor at a protest rally. Amid the smoke and riot gear, it’s Legend’s righteous quietude that lingers in the mind. Which is not an accident. “Part of what I’ve been able to do,” Legend… Read full this story
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