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121-525: In 1997, Budnick first became interested in juveniles in prison after reading a Rolling Stone article about Brandon Hein and three other youths who were found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in California, even though three of them never touched the weapon. Budnick sent the article to a producer who optioned it for a documentary film called Reckless Indifference . In 2003, Budnick began volunteering at

242-450: A National Magazine Award for digital design and an Overseas Press Club Award. In December 2023 Rolling Stone collected five National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, four Front Page Awards, and a Deadline Club award. Some artists have been featured on the cover many times, and some of these pictures went on to become iconic. The Beatles , for example, have appeared on the cover more than 30 times, either individually or as

363-451: A TMZ.com poll that compared the two songs and 65% of voters believed that Legend's "Maxine's Interlude" is a rip-off of Stokes' "Where Are You Now". A year later, Legend confirmed that he settled out of court with Stokes for an undisclosed amount. Also in 2011, Legend completed a 50-date tour as a guest for British soul band Sade . In the San Diego performance, Legend confirmed that he

484-772: A copyright infringement lawsuit against Legend in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey , alleging that Legend's song "Maxine's Interlude" from his 2006 album Once Again derives from Stokes' demo "Where Are You Now". Stokes claimed he gave Legend a demo of the song in 2004 following a concert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Legend denied the allegations, telling E! Online, "I never heard of his song until he sued me. I would never steal anyone's song. We will fight it in court and we will prevail." However, nearly 60,000 people took

605-487: A management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and began producing, writing, and recording his own music. He released two albums independently: his self-titled demo (2000) and Live at Jimmy's Uptown (2001), which he sold at his shows. He subsequently began working on a demo tape and began sending his work to various record labels. In 2001, Devo Springsteen introduced Legend to Kanye West ,

726-493: A Duo or Group with Vocals for his cover of " Family Affair ", a collaboration with Sly & the Family Stone , Joss Stone and Van Hunt , from the former's remix album, Different Strokes by Different Folks (2005). In January 2008, Legend sang in a video for Barack Obama , produced by will.i.am called " Yes We Can ". The same year, Legend had a supporting, singing-only role in the 2008 movie Soul Men , where he plays

847-521: A Rolling Stone". The magazine's long-running slogan, "All the news that fits", was provided by early contributor, manager and sometime editor Susan Lydon . She lifted it from an April Fools issue of the Columbia Daily Spectator which posted "All the news that fits we print", a parody of The New York Times ' slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print". The first appearance of the rubric

968-462: A band. The magazine is known for provocative photography and has featured musicians and celebrities on the cover throughout its history. Vanity Fair called the January 22, 1981, cover featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono the "Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever". The first ten issues featured, in order of appearance: The magazine spent $ 1 million (equivalent to $ 1.51 million in 2023) on

1089-729: A day folding laundry at the Tide "clean start" mobile laundromat and visited homes that Tide was helping to rebuild in that community. On July 7, 2007, Legend participated in the Live Earth concert in London , performing " Ordinary People ". After reading Professor Jeffrey Sachs ' book The End of Poverty , Legend started his Show Me Campaign in 2007. In this campaign, Legend called on his fans to help him in his initiative for residents in Bosaso Village, Somalia and non-profit organizations partnered with

1210-412: A dedicated UK edition in conjunction with Attitude magazine publisher Stream Publishing. The new British Rolling Stone launched into a marketplace which already featured titles like Mojo and BandLab Technologies's monthly music magazine Uncut . The first issue had a choice of three cover stars (including music acts Bastille and Sam Fender, as well as No Time To Die actor Lashana Lynch), with

1331-472: A for-pay model, but has since transitioned to a free-with-print-subscription model. In the spring of 2012, Rolling Stone launched a federated search feature, which searches both the website and the archive. The website has become an interactive source of biographical information on music artists in addition to historical rankings from the magazine. Users can cross-reference lists and they are also provided with historical insights. For example, one group that

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1452-464: A formerly incarcerated young man and first founding staff of ARC, spoke alongside John Legend in Sacramento about criminal justice reform. With the help of ARC, Anderson was accepted into UCLA . Anderson has met personally with President Barack Obama . Robert Downey Jr. , Brent Bolthouse , Dede Gardner , Jake Gyllenhaal , Hill Harper , Bruce Karatz , and Damon Lindelof , among others, serve on

1573-451: A four-color press with a different newsprint paper size. In 1979, the bar code appeared. In 1980, it became a gloss-paper, large-format (10 × 12 inch) magazine. Editions switched to the standard 8 × 11 inch magazine size starting with the issue dated October 30, 2008. Starting with the new monthly July 2018 issue, it returned to the previous 10 × 12 inch large format. The publication's site at one time had an extensive message-board forum. By

1694-551: A hero for me." On May 21, 2019, Legend was the winning coach on The Voice , and won the competition with his artist Maelyn Jarmon . In November, Legend was named People 's Sexiest Man Alive. In 2020, Legend was working on a seventh album. On May 13, 2020, he announced the album would be titled Bigger Love . It was released on June 19. On May 28, 2020, Legend received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music . On June 19, 2020, Legend performed alongside Alicia Keys for episode fifteen of Verzuz . Legend

1815-684: A joint venture with Sony BMG 's Columbia Records in December 2004. It featured production from Kanye West , Dave Tozer , and will.i.am , and debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 , selling 116,000 copies in its first week. It went on to sell 540,300 copies in the United States and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). An international success, Get Lifted also reached number one on

1936-434: A letter to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner , calling the cover "ill-conceived, at best ... [it] reaffirms a message that destruction gains fame for killers and their 'causes'." Menino also wrote, "To respond to you in anger is to feed into your obvious market strategy", and that Wenner could have written about the survivors or the people who came to help after the bombings instead. In conclusion he wrote, "The survivors of

2057-542: A more humane drug policy, along with people such as Richard Branson , Jane Fonda , and George Shultz . The following year, Legend appeared on Salem State University's speaker series and was recognized by Voices Against Injustice (formerly known as the Salem Award Foundation for Human Rights and Social Justice) as the inaugural Salem Advocate for Social Justice. Also in 2017 Legend donated $ 500,000 to Springfield City School District to renovate an auditorium, which

2178-570: A much more expansive look at McChrystal and the culture of senior American military and how they become embroiled in such wars. The book reached Amazon.com 's bestseller list in the first 48 hours of release, and it received generally favorable reviews. Salon ' s Glenn Greenwald described it as "superb", "brave" and "eye-opening". In 2012, Taibbi, through his coverage of the Libor scandal , emerged as an expert on that topic, which led to media appearances outside Rolling Stone . On November 9, 2012,

2299-569: A network of ex-offenders and ex-gang-members who were changing their lives. Then, Budnick and others started doing retreats where the formerly incarcerated young people would meet with mentors and lawyers, and eventually formed a private Facebook page where they organized events and provided support. In 2013, Budnick officially launched the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), a formal organization of formerly-incarcerated young adults who work to support one another, and that also aims to lower

2420-426: A novel. Wenner offered Wolfe around $ 200,000 to serialize his work. The frequent deadline pressure gave Wolfe the motivation he had sought, and from July 1984 to August 1985, he published a new installment in each biweekly issue of Rolling Stone . Later Wolfe was unhappy with his "very public first draft" and thoroughly revised his work, even changing his protagonist, Sherman McCoy, and published it as The Bonfire of

2541-552: A pilot program out of Los Angeles County where every single kid coming into the prison system—if they are doing the right things on their own—got to go to a place where they could get their high school diploma or GED, go to college classes, learn a trade, and be in self-help programs and substance-abuse programs. In 2013, the program was adopted statewide. Budnick began to see many of the kids he worked with—in some of his college programs—come out of prison and going into universities, community colleges, and obtaining employment. Budnick saw

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2662-504: A seamstress, and Ronald Lamar Stephens, a factory worker at International Harvester . His father was a drummer, while "his mother sang and directed the church choir, and his grandmother was the church organist". In 2004, Legend stated that his parents were divorced for 12 years before reuniting. Legend was homeschooled by his mother. He began playing the piano at age 4. At the age of 7, he performed with his church choir. Because of his academic talent, he skipped two grades. At

2783-443: A separate online publication dedicated to the coverage of video games and video game culture. Gus Wenner , Jann Wenner's son and head of digital for the publication at the time, told The New York Times that "gaming is today what rock 'n' roll was when Rolling Stone was founded". Glixel was originally hosted on Rolling Stone ' s website and transitioned to its own domain by October 2016. Stories from Glixel are included on

2904-407: A short editorial stating that the story "falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone ' s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day". The controversial cover photograph that was used by Rolling Stone had previously featured on the front page of The New York Times on May 5, 2013. In response to

3025-425: A surprise visit and acoustic performance as a part of Get Well Soon Tour . On June 1, 2013, Legend performed at Gucci 's global concert event in London whose campaign, "Chime for Change", aims to raise awareness of women's issues in education, health and justice. At a press conference before his performance, Legend identified himself as a feminist saying, "All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights

3146-400: A then up-and-coming hip-hop artist; Stephens was hired to co-write or perform hooks on several of West's songs. After signing to West's GOOD Music , Stephens chose his stage name from an idea that was given to him by poet J. Ivy , due to what he perceived as an "old-school sound". Ivy told Stephens: "I heard your music and it reminds me of that music from the old school. You sound like one of

3267-460: Is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill 's " Everything Is Everything ," and performing as an uncredited backing vocalist on Jay-Z 's " Encore " and Alicia Keys ' " You Don't Know My Name ". He was the first artist to sign with Kanye West 's GOOD Music , through which he released his debut studio album, Get Lifted (2004). The album reached

3388-604: Is featured on Carrie Underwood's Christmas album My Gift . Legend wrote his featured track entitled Hallelujah . Legend was among the performers in the Celebrating America television event held on Inauguration Day 2021 . He delivered the commencement address to the Duke University Class of 2021. On November 12, 2021, Legend signed with Republic Records after completing the contract that lasted for 17 years with Sony Music. In February 2022, Legend launched

3509-553: Is listed on both Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time is Toots and the Maytals , with biographical details from Rolling Stone that explain how Toots and the Maytals coined the term " reggae " in their song " Do the Reggay ". For biographical information on all artists, the website contains a directory listed alphabetically. In May 2016, Wenner Media announced plans to create

3630-675: Is named in his honor, within the Springfield Center of Innovation. He performed at the John Legend Theater on October 9, 2016. In 2018, he starred in an animated virtual-reality short film written and directed by Eric Darnell , titled Crow: The Legend , together with Oprah Winfrey , telling a Native American origin tale. He also sits on the advisory board & is a financial supporter of FUSE Corps, mitigating racial inequality and breaking down barriers which contribute to racism. Legend met model Chrissy Teigen in 2006 while filming

3751-601: The 46th Annual Annie Awards . On December 19, 2017, NBC announced that Legend had been cast in the title role in the live concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Marcy Avenue Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . The production was broadcast live on NBC television on April 1, 2018 (the date of Easter Sunday that year in Western Christianity ). On May 8, 2018, Google chose Legend as one of

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3872-829: The Billboard 200 and debuted atop the Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It has since received platinum certification by the RIAA , and attained gold certification in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. At the 2007 Grammy Awards , the song " Heaven " won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance , while lead single " Save Room " received a nomination in the Best Male Pop Vocal category. That same night, Legend won Best R&B Performance by

3993-505: The Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and reaching the top of six national charts and the top ten in numerous other countries, becoming one of the best-selling digital singles of all time . It was ranked the third best-selling song in the United States and the United Kingdom during 2014. The song is a ballad dedicated to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, and was performed at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . In 2014, Legend partnered with

4114-523: The Billboard Hot 100, spent 23 consecutive weeks in the chart's top ten, and received a diamond (14× platinum) certification by the RIAA. In 2015, he co-performed with Meghan Trainor on her single " Like I'm Gonna Lose You ", which peaked at number seven on the chart. The following year, he released his fifth album Darkness and Light (2016) and departed from GOOD Music. Legend has since released A Legendary Christmas (2018), Bigger Love (2020)—which won

4235-524: The Billboard Hot 100. On February 1, 2015, he sang " America the Beautiful " in the opening ceremony of Super Bowl XLIX. He provided guest vocals on Kelly Clarkson's song "Run Run Run" for her album Piece by Piece . He also co-wrote and provided vocals for French DJ David Guetta 's song "Listen", as part of the album Listen . Legend released his new album Darkness and Light , with first single "Love Me Now", on December 2, 2016, with songs featuring Chance

4356-556: The International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan commander, about Vice President Joe Biden and other Administration members of the White House. McChrystal resigned from his position shortly after his statements went public. In 2010, Taibbi documented illegal and fraudulent actions by banks in the foreclosure courts, after traveling to Jacksonville , Florida and sitting in on hearings in

4477-554: The NAACP 's President's Award in 2016. In Broadway acting, Legend won a Tony Award for co-producing the stage play Jitney (2017), and portrayed the titular character in NBC 's adaptation of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (2018). He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his acting role, and won the award for his role as a producer of the show, making him the first Black male and second youngest recipient of all four of

4598-590: The National Magazine Awards in 1971. Later in 1970, Rolling Stone published a 30,000-word feature on Charles Manson by David Dalton and David Felton, including their interview of Manson when he was in the L.A. County Jail awaiting trial, which won Rolling Stone its first National Magazine Award. Four years later, they also covered the Patty Hearst abduction odyssey. One interviewer, speaking for many of his peers, said that he bought his first copy of

4719-493: The Norwegian Albums Chart and peaked within the top ten in the Netherlands and Sweden, resulting in worldwide sales of 850,000 copies. Critically acclaimed, it won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album , and earned Legend another two nominal awards for Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance . Altogether, the album produced four singles , including debut single " Used to Love U ", which entered

4840-636: The Rolling Stone website, while writers for Rolling Stone were also able to contribute to Glixel . The site was headed by John Davison, and its offices were located in San Francisco. Rolling Stone closed down the offices in June 2017 and fired the entire staff, citing the difficulties of working with the remote site from their main New York office. Brian Crecente , founder of Kotaku and co-founder of Polygon ,

4961-590: The Tribeca Film Festival . Legend was cast in the title role as the character Crow. He also served as executive producer for the project and performed the original song "When You Can Fly". The film won at thirteen different film festivals including the LA Film Festival where it made its North American premiere in 2018. The film won Best Animation VR Experience at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival and received nomination for Best Virtual Reality Production at

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5082-650: The 1960s and 1970s. One critic referred to the Rolling Stone list of the "500 Greatest Songs" as an example of "unrepentant rockist fogeyism". In further response to this issue, rock critic Jim DeRogatis , a former Rolling Stone editor, published a thorough critique of the magazine's lists in a book called Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics , which featured differing opinions from many younger critics. Rolling Stone magazine has been criticized for reconsidering many classic albums that it had previously dismissed, and for frequent use of

5203-522: The 1970s, followed by a sharp decline into financial turmoil in the 21st century; leading Jann Wenner to sell 49 percent of the magazine to BandLab Technologies in 2016 and 51 percent to Penske Media Corporation (PMC) in 2017. PMC eventually acquired the 49 percent stake from BandLab Technologies in 2019, giving it full ownership of the magazine. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason . To pay for

5324-511: The 1990s. Conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg stated in 2008 that Rolling Stone had "essentially become the house organ of the Democratic National Committee ". Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner has made all of his political donations to Democrats and has conducted high-profile interviews for the magazine with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama . Rolling Stone endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in

5445-549: The 2015 State of the Union. After serving a six-year prison sentence, Walker sought to strengthen the bond between police officers and inner-city residents. ARC's Budnick writes about criminal justice policy for the Huffington Post . ARC successfully advocated for California Senate Bill 260, which guarantees that offenders who received long sentences as juveniles have the opportunity to be considered for parole. In 2015, James Anderson,

5566-404: The 3-D hologram cover of the special 1,000th issue (May 18, 2006) displaying multiple celebrities and other personalities. The printed format has gone through several changes. The first publications, in 1967 to 1972, were in folded tabloid newspaper format , with no staples, only black ink text, and a single color highlight that changed each edition. From 1973 onwards, editions were produced on

5687-520: The 3.5-star rating. For example, Led Zeppelin was largely written off by Rolling Stone magazine critics during the band's most active years in the 1970s, but by 2006, a cover story on the band honored them as "the Heaviest Band of All Time". A critic for Slate magazine described a conference at which 1984's The Rolling Stone Record Guide was scrutinized. As he described it, "The guide virtually ignored hip-hop and ruthlessly panned heavy metal,

5808-519: The ARC network. ARC’s policy reform advocacy is conducted by formerly incarcerated individuals who have successfully transformed their lives. In 2014, ARC teamed up with the Ford Foundation and others to host a TEDx conference inside Ironwood State Prison with hundreds in attendance. ARC produced a documentary about the event. Prophet Walker, a founding member of ARC, was a guest of Michelle Obama 's at

5929-594: The Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, California . Budnick was a volunteer teacher for a group called InsideOUT Writers . As of 2014, Budnick still volunteers at the Nidorf Juvenile Hall. After this experience and others, Budnick began to tell administrators and politicians about the problems he was seeing in the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems. After the success of Budnick's The Hangover franchise, Budnick

6050-509: The Black Eyed Peas , Stephen Colbert , Rich Boy , MSTRKRFT , Chemistry , and Fergie , among others. Legend also tentatively recorded with Michael Jackson on a future album, for which he had written one song. In August 2006, Legend appeared in an episode of Sesame Street , where he performed the song "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song", a duet with Hoots the Owl . He also performed during

6171-529: The Boston Marathon deserve Rolling Stone cover stories, though I no longer feel that Rolling Stone deserves them." In the issue dated November 19, 2014, the story "A Rape on Campus" was run about an alleged gang rape on the campus of the University of Virginia . Separate inquiries by Phi Kappa Psi , the fraternity accused by Rolling Stone of facilitating the alleged rape, and The Washington Post revealed major errors, omissions and discrepancies in

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6292-658: The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album—and his ninth album, Legend (2022). Throughout his musical career, Legend has received a total of 12 Grammy Awards. In 2007, he won the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame . Legend won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for his 2015 single " Glory " (with Common ), which was released for the film Selma . He won

6413-511: The Rapper and Miguel . Legend featured on Kygo's song "Happy Birthday" for his debut studio album "Cloud Nine " released in 2016. For the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast , Legend and Ariana Grande performed a duet on the title track , a remake of the 1991 original version sung by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson . In April 2017, Crow: The Legend , a short animation film, premiered its prologue at

6534-524: The Show Me Campaign. In 2009, Legend gave AIDS Service Center NYC permission to remix his song "If You're Out There" to create a music video promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and testing. On January 22, 2010, he performed " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child " on the Hope for Haiti Now telethon show. On September 8, 2010, John Legend joined the national board of Teach For America . Legend also sits on

6655-523: The Vanities in 1987. Rolling Stone was known for its musical coverage and for Thompson's political reporting and in 1985, they hired an advertising agency to refocus its image under the series "Perception/Reality" comparing Sixties symbols to those of the Eighties, which led to an increase in advertising revenue and pages. It also shifted to more of an entertainment magazine in the 1980s. It still had music as

6776-575: The age of 12, Legend entered North High School in Springfield, Ohio and graduated salutatorian . At the age of 15, Legend won a Black History Month essay competition sponsored by McDonald's , following the prompt "How do you intend to make Black history?" with an essay about how he intended to be a successful musician. At the age of 16, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , where he served as president and musical director of

6897-437: The album's final single, " So High " (remixed with Lauryn Hill ), was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . His second album, Once Again (2006), was met with continued success, supported by the lead single " Save Room ". His third album, Evolver (2008), further diversified his artistry with other genres; its funk -inspired lead single, " Green Light " (featuring André 3000 ) peaked within

7018-442: The article " Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+ " claimed that homosexuals who intentionally sought to be infected with HIV accounted for 25% of new cases each year. However, the article's cited physicians later denied making such statements. In 2005, the article " Deadly Immunity " by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted criticism for quoting material out of context, and Rolling Stone eventually amended

7139-646: The board of directors. Major donors have included the California Endowment , the California Wellness Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation . Ben Lear , Common , Jonah Hill , Mike Tollin , Nasir Jones , Raul Ruiz , Tony Cardenas , and Zach Galifianakis , among others, serve on ARC's Advisory Board. Rolling Stone Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music , politics , and popular culture . It

7260-791: The board of the ARC. In 2019, Sam Lewis was appointed executive director of Anti-Recidivism Coalition. ARC serves as a support network and a connection to services for over one hundred formerly incarcerated individuals. Members must commit to live crime-free, gang-free, drug-free, in school or working, and in service to their community. ARC provides support through mentoring, case management, internship and employment opportunities, regular support network meetings and social outings. Members receive mentoring from professional adult volunteers, known as ARC Allies, and through ARC’s Leadership Council that includes formerly incarcerated youth who are now university graduates, lawyers, engineers, politicians and other successful professionals. ARC host retreats for members of

7381-787: The boards of the Education Equality Project , the Harlem Village Academies , and Stand for Children . He serves on the Harlem Village Academies' National Leadership Board. On September 9, 2010, he performed "Coming Home" on the Colbert Report as a tribute song for the end of combat operations in Iraq , and for the active troops and the veterans of the United States Armed Forces . In 2011, he contributed

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7502-602: The campaign. In early 2008, he began touring with Alexus Ruffin and Professor Jeff Sachs of Columbia University 's Earth Institute to promote sustainable development as an achievable goal. Legend joined Sachs as a keynote speaker and performer at the inaugural Millennium Campus Conference. Legend then joined the Board of Advisors of the Millennium Campus Network (MCN), and has aided MCN programs through online support and funding fellowships for MCN summer interns through

7623-669: The co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group, the Counterparts. His lead vocals on the group's recording of Joan Osborne 's " One of Us ", written by fellow University of Pennsylvania alum Eric Bazilian of the Hooters , received critical acclaim, landing the song on the track list of the 1998 Best of Collegiate a Cappella compilation CD. Legend was also a member of the Sphinx Senior Society , one of Penn's undergraduate senior societies, and Onyx Senior Honor Society. While at Penn, Legend

7744-480: The couple had a fourth child, a son, born via surrogacy on June 19, 2023. In 2020, the couple was expecting a third child, but Teigen lost the baby at twenty weeks due to a pregnancy complication. The pregnancy loss was described by media as a late miscarriage; in 2022, Teigen clarified that the loss was "an abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance". On the PBS series Finding Your Roots , it

7865-520: The courtroom. His article, "Invasion of the Home Snatchers", also documented attempts by the judge to intimidate a homeowner fighting foreclosure and the attorney Taibbi accompanied into the court. In January 2012, the magazine ran exclusive excerpts from Hastings' book just prior to publication. The book, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan , provided

7986-447: The deceased lead singer of a fictitious soul group that includes Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac . In October, he released his third studio album, Evolver . Speaking about the reasons for calling the album Evolver , he stated: "I think people sometimes come to expect certain things from certain artists. They expect you to kind of stay in the same place you were at when you started out. Whereas I feel I want my career to be defined by

8107-519: The departure of singer Blake Shelton . Legend performed a benefit concert in Springfield, Ohio in 2005 in support of a tax levy for the Springfield City School District . In May 2007, Legend partnered with Tide laundry detergent to raise awareness about the need of families in St. Bernard Parish ( Chalmette, Louisiana ), one of the areas most devastated by Hurricane Katrina ; he spent

8228-404: The fact that I'm NOT gonna stay in the same place, and that I'm always gonna try new things and experiment. So, as I think this album represents a manifestation of that, I came up with the title 'Evolver'." The album was preceded by dance-pop -influenced up tempo single " Green Light " which featured rapper Andre 3000 of OutKast and became his highest-charting single since "Ordinary People"; it

8349-399: The final episode of the series, asserting that "R. Kelly has brought so much pain to so many people. Time's up for R. Kelly." In spite of numerous public allegations and controversies regarding Kelly, Legend stood as the only major recording artist willing to come forward and speak against him in the documentary. In response to fans who labeled him as "brave" for his actions, Legend stated

8470-525: The financial meltdown of the time. He famously described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid ". In December 2009, the Los Angeles Times reported that the owners of Rolling Stone magazine planned to open a Rolling Stone restaurant in the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood in the spring of 2010. The expectation was that the restaurant could become the first of a national chain if it

8591-717: The following on Twitter ahead of the program's debut: "To everyone telling me how courageous I am for appearing in the doc, it didn't feel risky at all. I believe these women and don't give a fuck about protecting a serial child rapist. Easy decision." Executive producer Dream Hampton revealed that it was "incredibly difficult" to get men and women who had artistically collaborated with Kelly to come forward, including those who had criticized him. During an interview with Detroit Free Press she said, "We asked Lady Gaga . We asked Erykah Badu . We asked Céline Dion . We asked Jay-Z . We asked Dave Chappelle . [They're] people who have been critical of him. That makes John Legend even more of

8712-459: The late 1990s, this had developed into a thriving community, with many regular members and contributors worldwide. However, the site was also plagued with numerous Internet trolls , who vandalized the forum substantially. The magazine abruptly deleted the forum in May 2004, then began a new, much more limited message board community on their site in late 2005, only to remove it again in 2006. In March 2008,

8833-421: The legends. As a matter of fact, that's what I'm going to call you from now on! I'm going to call you John Legend." After Ivy continued to call him by the new moniker "John Legend", others quickly caught on, including West. Despite Stephens' reluctance to adopt a stage name, he ultimately announced his new artist name as John Legend. Legend released his debut studio album, Get Lifted , through GOOD Music , in

8954-469: The letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn 's A People's History of the United States . Also in 2009, Legend and the Roots teamed up to record a collaborative album, Wake Up! , which was released on September 21, 2010. The first single released from the album was "Wake Up Everybody" featuring singer Melanie Fiona and rapper Common . In November 2010, Legend

9075-485: The magazine also helped launch the careers of many prominent authors, including Cameron Crowe , Lester Bangs , Joe Klein , Joe Eszterhas , Ben Fong-Torres , Patti Smith and P. J. O'Rourke . It was at this point that the magazine ran some of its most famous stories. The January 21, 1970, issue covered the Altamont Free Concert and the killing of Meredith Hunter , which won a Specialized Journalism award at

9196-452: The magazine due to be a bi-monthly publication. In February 2022, Rolling Stone announced the acquisition of Life Is Beautiful , saying, "Live events are an integral part of Rolling Stone's future." In 2023 Rolling Stone was nominated for its first-ever Emmy award in the "Outstanding Interactive Media" category for its investigation into "The DJ and the War Crimes". The piece also won

9317-507: The magazine experienced a major resurgence of interest and relevance with the work of two young journalists in the late 2000s, Michael Hastings and Matt Taibbi . Rob Sheffield also joined from Spin . In 2005, Dana Leslie Fields , former publisher of Rolling Stone , who had worked at the magazine for 17 years, was an inaugural inductee into the Magazine Hall of Fame. In 2009, Taibbi unleashed an acclaimed series of scathing reports on

9438-466: The magazine moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City . Editor Jann Wenner said San Francisco had become "a cultural backwater". Kurt Loder joined Rolling Stone in May 1979 and spent nine years there, including as editor. Timothy White joined as a writer from Crawdaddy and David Fricke from Musician . Tom Wolfe wrote to Wenner to propose an idea drawn from Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray : to serialize

9559-434: The magazine published its first Spanish-language section on Latino music and culture, in the issue dated November 22. In September 2016, Advertising Age reported that Wenner was in the process of selling a 49% stake of the magazine to a company from Singapore called BandLab Technologies . The new investor had no direct involvement in the editorial content of the magazine. In September 2017, Wenner Media announced that

9680-408: The magazine upon initial arrival on his college campus, describing it as a " rite of passage ". In 1972, Wenner assigned Tom Wolfe to cover the launch of NASA 's last Moon mission, Apollo 17 . He published a four-part series in 1973 titled "Post-Orbital Remorse", about the depression that some astronauts experienced after having been in space. After the series, Wolfe began researching the whole of

9801-416: The main topic but began to increase its coverage of celebrities, films, and pop culture. It also began releasing its annual "Hot Issue". In the 1990s, the magazine changed its format to appeal to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. This led to criticism that the magazine was emphasizing style over substance. After years of declining readership,

9922-511: The major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony ( EGOT ) in 2018. Legend also has served as a vocal coach for the reality competition series The Voice for nine seasons since its sixteenth season in 2019. He became the show's senior coach following Blake Shelton 's 2023 departure. John Roger Stephens was born on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio . He is the eldest of four children of Phyllis Elaine (née Lloyd),

10043-542: The music video for his song " Stereo ". They became engaged in December 2011 and were married on September 14, 2013, in Como, Italy . His 2013 song " All of Me " is dedicated to her. The couple has four children: a daughter born in April 2016, a son born in May 2018, and a daughter born in January 2023. Their first three children were all conceived via in vitro fertilization . On June 28, 2023, Teigen announced on social media that

10164-497: The music-based NFT platform, OurSong. On April 3, 2022, performed a new song called "Free" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards as a tribute to the fallen citizens of Ukraine amid Russo-Ukrainian War . He was joined on stage alongside by three Ukrainian female artists Siuzanna Iglidan, Mika Newtown, and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk . On September 9, 2022, he released his eighth studio album titled Legend . The following month, Legend became The Voice' s senior coach in its 24th season after

10285-460: The name for a song he wrote. The Rolling Stones took their name from Muddy's song. Like a Rolling Stone was the title of Bob Dylan's first rock and roll record. We have begun a new publication reflecting what we see are the changes in rock and roll and the changes related to rock and roll. However, it distanced itself from the underground newspapers of the time, such as Berkeley Barb , embracing more traditional journalistic standards and avoiding

10406-461: The name solely to Dylan's hit single: "At [Ralph] Gleason's suggestion, Wenner named his magazine after a Bob Dylan song." Rolling Stone initially identified with and reported the hippie counterculture of the era . You're probably wondering what we're trying to do. It's hard to say: sort of a magazine and sort of a newspaper. The name of it is Rolling Stone which comes from an old saying, "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Muddy Waters used

10527-406: The number of people flowing into the criminal justice system through policy advocacy and community organizing. Budnick said "I started to see that there was not an organization out there that had high-achieving guys coming out of prison who could articulate why hope is important and why kids deserve a second chance and why kids are different from adults." As of 2015 Robert Downey Jr. was serving on

10648-414: The outcry, New England–based CVS Pharmacy and Tedeschi Food Shops banned their stores from carrying the issue. Also refusing to sell the issue were Walgreens ; Rite-Aid and Kmart ; Roche Bros. and Stop & Shop ; H-E-B and Walmart ; 7-Eleven ; Hy-Vee , Rutter's Farm , and United Supermarkets ; Cumberland Farms and Market Basket ; and Shaw's . Boston mayor Thomas Menino sent

10769-544: The pregame show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and the halftime show at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game . In October 2006, Legend's second album, Once Again , was released. Legend co-wrote and co-produced the bulk of the album, which saw him returning to work with West, will.i.am and Tozer, as well as other producers including Raphael Saadiq , Craig Street , Sa-Ra , Eric Hudson , Devo Springsteen , and Avenue . Released to major commercial success, it reached number three on

10890-462: The radical politics of the underground press . In the first edition, Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone "is not just about the music, but about the things and attitudes that music embraces". In a 2017 article celebrating the publication's 50th anniversary, Rolling Stone ' s David Browne stated that the magazine's name was a nod to the Rolling Stones in an addition to "Rollin' Stone" and "Like

11011-536: The rapper Common to write the song " Glory ", featured in the film Selma , which chronicled the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches . The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Song . Legend and Common performed "Glory" at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, 2015. Legend was featured on Meghan Trainor 's " Like I'm Gonna Lose You " from her debut studio album , which reached number eight on

11132-518: The record was "To make a modern soul album – to flip that classic feel into a modern context." Legend was granted an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Howard University at the 144th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Legend was a judge on the ABC music show Duets along with Kelly Clarkson , Jennifer Nettles , and Robin Thicke . Legend's spot was originally for Lionel Richie , who had to leave

11253-535: The remaining 51% of Rolling Stone magazine was up for sale. In December 2017, Penske Media acquired the remaining stake from Wenner Media. It became a monthly magazine from the July 2018 issue. On January 31, 2019, Penske acquired BandLab's 49% stake in Rolling Stone , gaining full ownership of the magazine. In January 2021, a Chinese edition of the magazine was launched, while in September 2021, Rolling Stone launched

11374-484: The run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election . Rolling Stone has criticized Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump . In 2006, it described Bush as the "worst president in history". The magazine featured Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on its August 2017 cover with the headline "Why can't he be our president?" One major criticism of Rolling Stone involves its generational bias toward

11495-536: The school, filed a $ 7.5 million defamation lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court against Rolling Stone and Erdely, claiming damage to her reputation and emotional distress. Said the filing, " Rolling Stone and Erdely's highly defamatory and false statements about Dean Eramo were not the result of an innocent mistake. They were the result of a wanton journalist who was more concerned with writing an article that fulfilled her preconceived narrative about

11616-522: The setup costs, Wenner borrowed $ 7,500 (equivalent to $ 69,000 in 2023 ) from his family and the parents of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. The first issue was released on November 9, 1967, and featured John Lennon in costume for the film How I Won the War on the cover. It was in newspaper format with a lead article on the Monterey International Pop Festival . The cover price

11737-548: The show due to a scheduling conflict. Duets debuted on Thursday, May 24, 2012. He released his fourth studio album, Love in the Future , on September 3, 2013, debuting number 4 on the Billboard 200 , selling 68,000 copies in its first week. The album was nominated for Best R&B album at the 2014 Grammy Awards . Legend's third single from the album, " All of Me ", became an international chart success, peaking at number one on

11858-555: The six new Google Assistant voices. Legend was one of the few celebrities to appear and speak out in the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly . The six-part docuseries details sex abuse allegations spread over four decades against acclaimed R&B singer R. Kelly . It focuses on women who allege that the musician and record producer used his status and influence to sexually and physically abuse women and young girls for decades. Legend lambasted R. Kelly during his interview in

11979-630: The space program, in what became a seven-year project from which he took time to write The Painted Word , a book on art, and to complete Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine , a collection of shorter pieces and eventually The Right Stuff . The magazine began running the photographs of Annie Leibovitz in 1970. In 1973, she became its chief photographer, and her images appeared on more than 140 covers. Rolling Stone recruited writers from smaller music magazines, including Paul Nelson from Sing Out! , who became record reviews editor from 1978 to 1983, and Dave Marsh from Creem . In 1977,

12100-670: The story and its problems by the dean of the Columbia School of Journalism . The report uncovered journalistic failure in the UVA story and institutional problems with reporting at Rolling Stone . Rolling Stone retracted the story on April 5, 2015. On April 6, 2015, following the investigation and retraction of the story, Phi Kappa Psi announced plans to pursue all available legal action against Rolling Stone , including claims of defamation . On May 12, 2015, UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, chief administrator for handling sexual assault issues at

12221-399: The story with corrections in response to these and other criticisms. The August 2013 Rolling Stone cover, featuring then-accused (later convicted) Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , drew widespread criticism that the magazine was "glamorizing terrorism" and that the cover was a "slap in the face to the great city of Boston ". The online edition of the article was accompanied by

12342-445: The story. Reporter Sabrina Erdely 's story was subject to intense media criticism. The Washington Post and Boston Herald issued calls for magazine staff involved in the report to be fired. Rolling Stone subsequently issued three apologies for the story. On December 5, 2014, Rolling Stone ' s managing editor, Will Dana, apologized for not fact-checking the story. Rolling Stone commissioned an outside investigation of

12463-536: The top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and received double platinum certification by the RIAA. That same year, Legend released the live album John Legend: Live from Philadelphia (2008), followed by his collaborative album, Wake Up! (2010) with Philadelphia -based hip hop band the Roots . Legend's fourth studio album, Love in the Future (2013) was preceded by the hit single " All of Me ". The pop ballad saw his furthest commercial success as it peaked atop

12584-539: The top 30 of the New Zealand and UK Singles Chart , and Grammy Award-winning " Ordinary People " which peaked at 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Legend also co-wrote Janet Jackson 's " I Want You ", which was certified platinum and received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards . Legend was featured on several records in the following years. He appeared on albums by Fort Minor , Sérgio Mendes , Jay-Z , Mary J. Blige ,

12705-416: The top ten of the Billboard 200 , received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spawned his first hit song, " Ordinary People ". Legend won three Grammy Awards from eight nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards —"Ordinary People" won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance , Get Lifted won Best R&B Album , and Legend won Best New Artist ;

12826-639: The track "Love I've Never Known" to the Red Hot Organization 's most recent album Red Hot+Rio 2 . The album is a follow-up to the 1996 Red Hot+Rio . Proceeds from the album sales were donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues. On March 6, 2012, John Legend was appointed by the World Economic Forum to the Forum of Young Global Leaders . Later that year, Legend stopped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles for

12947-796: The two genres that within a few years would dominate the pop charts. In an auditorium packed with music journalists, you could detect more than a few anxious titters: How many of us will want our record reviews read back to us 20 years hence?" The hiring of former FHM editor Ed Needham further enraged critics who alleged that Rolling Stone had lost its credibility. The 2003 "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" article, which named only two female musicians, resulted in Venus Zine answering with their own list, entitled "The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone ' s film critic, Peter Travers , has been criticized for his high number of repetitively used blurbs . In 2003,

13068-582: The victimization of women on American college campuses, and a malicious publisher who was more concerned about selling magazines to boost the economic bottom line for its faltering magazine, than they were about discovering the truth or actual facts." On November 4, 2016, after 20 hours of deliberation, a jury consisting of eight women and two men found Rolling Stone , the magazine's publisher and Erdely liable for defaming Eramo, and awarded Eramo $ 3 million. John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend ,

13189-400: The website started a new message board section once again, then deleted it in April 2010. Rolling Stone devotes one of its table of contents pages to promoting material currently appearing on its website, listing detailed links to the items. On April 19, 2010, the website underwent a redesign and began featuring the complete archives of Rolling Stone . The archive was first launched under

13310-546: The world will be a better place." In 2014, Legend founded the FREEAMERICA campaign, which aims to help reform incarceration in the United States . He also supported the 2018 ballot initiative to pass Florida Amendment 4 , which restored the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions. In 2016, Legend co-signed a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for

13431-401: Was 25¢ (equivalent to $ 2.27 in 2023) and it was published bi-weekly. In the first issue, Wenner explained that the title of the magazine came from the old saying "A rolling stone gathers no moss." He also mentioned the 1950 blues song " Rollin' Stone ", recorded by Muddy Waters , The Rolling Stones band, and Bob Dylan 's 1965 hit single " Like a Rolling Stone ". Some authors have attributed

13552-518: Was able to leverage the work he does for incarcerated juveniles. Jake Gyllenhaal went with Budnick to the Sylmar juvenile detention center, to Men's Central Jail and out to California State Prison, Los Angeles County . In 2012, Budnick was named California's Volunteer of Year by Governor Jerry Brown for a program he envisioned. After seeing kids desperate to change their lives but unable to because of California law at that time, Budnick and others launched

13673-577: Was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration . On March 30, 2008, Legend performed " America the Beautiful " in front of a sold-out crowd of 74,635 in the Orlando Citrus Bowl , now known as Camping World Stadium , for WWE 's WrestleMania XXIV . In 2009, Legend performed in The People Speak , a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of

13794-629: Was featured on West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album, listed a feature on the song 'Blame Game'. In February 2011, Legend won three prizes at the 53rd Annual Grammy Music Awards. He was awarded Best R&B Song for "Shine", while he and the Roots won Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Hang On in There". In March 2011, Legend and the Roots won two NAACP Image Awards , one for Outstanding Album ( Wake Up! ) and one for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration. On July 5, 2011, songwriter Anthony Stokes filed

13915-508: Was founded in San Francisco, California in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason . The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson . In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine

14036-663: Was hired as editorial director and runs the site from the main New York office. Following the sale of Rolling Stone ' s assets to Penske Media Corporation , the Glixel content was merged into the routine publishing of Variety , with Crecente remaining as editorial director. In 2017, Graham Ruddick of The Guardian described Rolling Stone as a "rock'n'roll magazine turned liberal cheerleader". Bruce Schulman wrote in The Washington Post that Rolling Stone has "routinely support[ed] liberal candidates and causes" since

14157-451: Was in 1969. In the 1970s, Rolling Stone began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing for the magazine's political section. Thompson first published his most famous work, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , within the pages of Rolling Stone , where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005. In the 1970s,

14278-448: Was introduced to American singer Lauryn Hill by a mutual friend; Hill hired him to play piano on " Everything Is Everything ", a song from her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill . He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English , with an emphasis on African-American literature in 1999. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania , Stephens worked as

14399-463: Was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States , it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid rise during

14520-646: Was successful. As of November 2010, the "soft opening" of the restaurant was planned for December 2010. In 2011, the restaurant was open for lunch and dinner as well as a full night club downstairs on the weekends. The restaurant closed in February 2013. Bigger headlines came at the end of June 2010. Rolling Stone caused a controversy in the White House by publishing in the July issue an article by journalist Michael Hastings entitled "The Runaway General", quoting criticism by General Stanley A. McChrystal , commander of

14641-476: Was working on his next studio album and played a new song called "Dreams". Later, via his official website, he revealed the official title of the album to be Love in the Future , and debuted part of a new track called "Caught Up". The album has been executive-produced by Legend himself, along with Kanye West and Dave Tozer – the same team who worked on Legend's previous albums Get Lifted , Once Again , and Evolver . Legend has stated that his intention for

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