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Thursday, January 5, 2012
John Legend to address local university’s freshman class
Wright State University’s next freshman class will get an earful from one of the region’s most beloved sons.
Springfield native John Legend will give the keynote speaker at the Wright State University 2012 Freshman Convocation on Friday, August 24.
Legend is active in the studio and outside of it.
The Grammy award-winning musician born John Stephens launched the Show Me Campaign in 2007. The nonprofit fights for education reform in the United States.
He serves on the boards of The Education Equality Project, Teach for America, Stand for Children, and the Harlem Village Academies. Legend also partners with electronic-manufacturer Samsung to support education initiatives such as STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
He released three solo albums between 2004 and 2008. Each reached #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart. He earned eight Grammy’s for his debut album Get Lifted.
Legend recently collaborated with the band The Roots on the album Wake Up!, a compilation of music from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Legend’s engagement to model Chrissy Teigen was announced last week.
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TweetReal Housewives of Atlanta star coming to downtown Dayton
The sanest cast members of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” will be in Dayton Friday.
Singer/songwriter/producer Kandi Burruss will host a party at Sa-Bai Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar, 200 S. Jefferson St., as part of King Entertainment’s First Friday.
“The show she is on is pretty hot right now,” said David Martin, president if King Entertainment, a Dayton-based event planning company. “She is one of the people everyone likes the most.”
Her appearance celebrates King Entertainment’s fourth anniversary of hosting parties the first Friday of each month downtown. Admission is $10 before 11 p.m. and $20 after midnight.
About 250 people are expected to attend. The bash is for those age 25 and older. There will be drink specials and a DJ.
Burruss promoted the event online.
“I will be hosting a party in Dayton Ohio this Friday! Here’s the flyer for details,” she says on her official Twitter page.
Burruss’ Facebook page lists the stop in Dayton among several tour dates.
A former member of the R&B act Xscape, Burruss wrote the hit song “No Scrubs” for TLC with her former bandmate Tameka “Tiny” Cottle.
The Grammy winner also wrote the digital download phenomenon “Tardy For The Party” for her Real Housewives of Atlanta cast mate Kim Zolciak.
Burruss joined the cast of the Bravo reality series in 2009 and is set to star in the Bravo special called “The Kandi Factory.”
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