JOHN LEGEND - LEGEND RUES ICONIC STAGE NAME

LEGEND RUES ICONIC STAGE NAME

R+B singer JOHN LEGEND regrets listening to his friends - because he has trouble living up to the stage name they gave him.
The Ordinary People hitmaker - real name John Stephens - had the moniker bestowed on him by pals, but admits he wouldn't have chosen it for himself.
He tells MTV News, "John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. 'Legend' is something that I never would have chosen for myself originally.
"It grew to the point where more people in my circle would know me by that name than by my real name. I had to make a decision.
"I was just like, 'You know what? Let's just go for it. People are going to pay attention and I'm going to either live up to my name or I'm not.' My bet was on me trying to live up to the name."