So Dapper! John Legend is Fault Magazine’s Cover Star | Gets Real on Raising his Daughter in Donald Trump’s Era

John Legend, 38, looks all shades of dapper as he covers the latest issue of FAULT magazine. 

In an interview with the magazine, the Grammy award-winning RnB singer, warmly embraced the inevitable responsibilities that come with parenthood following the birth of his first child, Luna, with model wife, Chrissy Teigen.

Speaking further, the father of one stated that the cultural and political shift that has taken place in the weeks following US President Donald Trump’s inauguration makes him uneasy about the prospect of raising baby Luna in his home country – and fearful of those less fortunate than himself.

See excerpts from the interview below…

On how his wife and daughter have influenced his career

”I think I’ve always been an optimistic person and I think that streak of optimism runs through each of my albums,’ he said.  ‘I think there is just more depth to what I’m feeling because everything means more to me now I have a wife and daughter.

Everything in more significant and I’m thinking more philosophically about things and thinking about life and death a lot more.

Before what I sang about were my ambitions of making money, getting girls and having fun which was a lot more selfish but now I have better perspective and depth on what’s really important in life.

I’ve grown up a lot in the last twelve years and had a lot more life experiences. Getting married and having a baby have added new perspectives and depth to the subjects I sing about too. Just from living in the world and seeing more contemporary issues have added new layers to my music which weren’t there before.”

On raising his daughter in Trump’s America:

”Hopefully ‘Trump’s America’ won’t last very long and we get him out of here within the next four years. By the time Luna is old enough to be aware of what is happening, America would have elected a far better president. Trump promised to do things which are really bad for the country and some which are good and the hope is he’ll just do the good parts but I don’t have a lot of faith in him.

I’m just hoping for the best and when we need to resist and speak out, we need to hit the streets and do it. For now, I’m more worried about the people less fortunate than my daughter, people who might lose their healthcare or get excluded because of the colour of their skin, their religion and country of origin.”

What is his FAULT?

”I don’t like confrontation. Sometimes that’s good because I’m good at keeping the peace but when in times when you have to confront things head on I’ve never been good at that.”

Read more: FAULT Magazine

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