BASIC FACTS (Too lazy to read the whole biography? Get your ass in here :P)

• Featured as a vocalist, pianist and co-writer on several tracks from Kanye West's debut album, The College Dropout , including "Graduation Song", "Family Business" and "Never Let Me Down" (also features Jay-Z ) (2004)
• Vocalist and pianist on "Encore" and "Lucifer" from Jay-Z's The Black Album (2003)
• Vocalist on Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name", the lead single from The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
• Co-writer, vocalist & pianist on Alicia Keys ' "If I Ain't Got You (Kanye West Remix)" (2004)
• Co-writer & pianist on Janet Jackson's new single "I Want You" (2004)
• Lead vocalist and co-writer on the Black Eyed Peas song "The Boogie That B" from Elephunk
• Pianist and video appearance on "Slow Jamz" by Twista & Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx (2004)
• Lead vocalist on "Selfish", the lead single from the forthcoming Slum Village album (2004)
• Co-writer, pianist and vocalist on "I Try" (f/ Mary J. Blige ), the lead single from Talib Kweli's forthcoming album Beautiful Struggle (2004)
• Lead vocalist and pianist on Talib Kweli's "Around My Way" (2004)
• Vocalist, pianist and video appearance on "This Way", the lead single from Dilated Peoples' forthcoming album, Expansion Team (2004)
• Pianist on "Overnight Celebrity", the new single from Twista's Kamikaze (2004)
• Debut film appearance in Loverboy. Stars Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei
• BMI's sole choice to receive one of the five 2002 Songwriter's Hall of Fame Scholarships
• John's independent releases, John Stephens (2000) and Live at Jimmy's Uptown (2001), have sold several thousand copies at his shows and on his website
• John's 2003 release Live at SOB's , distributed by Digital Club Network via Koch International, has shipped several thousand units and is available at record stores worldwide
• John's brand new limited edition independent release, Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory (featuring John performing solo on acoustic piano) is now available via his website
• Featured performer in Kanye West's School Spirit tour (2004)
• Headlining live performer at various venues in the New York area, including S.O.B.'s, Joe's Pub, Jimmy's Uptown, and Justin's. He has also played 2K9 and Dream in Washington, DC, as well as the TLA, the Trocadero and the Five Spot in Philadelphia (2000-2003)
• Performed on the same bill with national acts such as Musiq, The Roots, The Black Eyed Peas, Common, Talib Kweli, Clipse, Kanye West, Jaheim, Floetry, Amel Larrieux, Res, Glenn Lewis and Kindred, and on radio stations such as Philadelphia's top urban station Power 99 (2000-2003)
• Vocalist and pianist on future releases by Britney Spears, Eve and Common (2004)
• Pianist on "Everything is Everything" from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
• Choir director, pianist and head of the music department at Bethel AME Church in Scranton, PA (1995-2004)
• Former musical director and award-winning soloist, arranger and producer for Counterparts, a nationally acclaimed student a cappella group from the University of Pennsylvania (1998-99)
• John is managed by David Sonenberg of DAS Communications (Wyclef Jean, Joan Osborne, Spin Doctors, Black Eyed Peas and more). Please contact DAS at 212.877.0400 or DAS@johnlegend.com for more information.