John Legend Makes History As First Black Man To Achieve EGOT Status

Published: Sunday 9th Sep 2018 by Rashad

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John Legend lives up to his last name as his win at Sunday night’s Creative Arts Emmys puts him in an extremely small group of entertainers who have collected the industry’s top awards [Emmy, Grammys, Oscars, Tony].

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT — Pictured: John Legend as Jesus — (Photo by: Eric Liebowitz/NBC)

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“…[Legend] won an award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Legend was an executive producer for the show.

The “All of Me” singer joins just a small number of people who have raked in a Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Other EGOT winners include Whoopi Goldberg and Mel Brooks. This victory also cements Legend’s place as the first black man to achieve this rare accolade.”

It should be noted he is the first Black man to achieve the honor through the collection of competitive awards.

Other Black acts who are “unofficial” EGOTs because of commemorative or Lifetime Achievement recognition include Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones, and Harry Belafonte.

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  1. IG @mixedboy September 9, 2018

    Congrats John! ✊?

  2. Jasmine Da Bi Asian NOT Trashmine or TROLLmine??‍♀️??‍♀️B September 9, 2018

    Does TROLLmine have EGOT status?

  3. Lana Del Fan September 9, 2018

    Congrats ! John is a class act and deserves all of his success

  4. Whoops ???‍♀️?? September 9, 2018

    Congrats to John! Surprised but not surprised that a black man hadn’t done it before.

  5. Keith September 10, 2018

    Congrats to him!

  6. SMH September 10, 2018

    Awesome news! Congrats John, definitely well deserved!

  7. DanYiel Iman September 10, 2018

    Wow that’s awesome ?? of John Legend!!

  8. i hate whyte and blakk b****** they not ish September 10, 2018

    fck john legned

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