2 months ago 25th Aug 13:15
John Legend used to be happy to perform to 50 people.
The multi-million selling 'Green Light' singer says he used to struggle to attract a large audience when he was beginning his career but believes it has helped him to become a better artist.
He told MTV: "I would play all these small places in New York where a lot of young musicians get their start. I would do whatever I could do to get people talking about my music. A couple of years into it, we could get, like, 300 or 400 people to show up, but at first we were happy to get, like, 50 or 60 or 70 people to show up.
"But that whole grind is just part of how you get discovered, how you develop yourself as a performer. I think it makes everything I do now more worth it, because I put in all that time and all that effort."
John also recalled his days performing with another struggling musician who is now a major star.
He added: "Kanye was still grinding it out when I was grinding it out. We did shows together. He actually opened for me at one point. It was weird because people didn't know him at all. He was really well-known in the music business because he was producing for everybody, but no one in the general public knew who he was as a rapper.
"We did a show once and the crowd was definitely getting restless while he was performing. It's hard to play a live show when people have no idea who you are. I knew he was going to be great and was going to be a big star, but at the time, no one knew. Little did they know who he was going to be."
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