John Legend “faced a lot of challenges” growing up.

The 40-year-old singer has said he was subject to racial discrimination throughout his younger years, especially when he went to college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as he would have “occasional encounters with police” that made him “question [his] belonging”.

He said: “We faced a lot of challenges but I think my mother and father prepared me well for the challenges that I faced.

“I loved going to Penn, but occasionally you’ll see things that happen in social media right now and it reminds me of things that happened to me when I was in college. People treating you like you don’t belong there or asking for your ID when they

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