John Legend surprises Duke Ellington School of the Arts students at the Kennedy Center - The Style Blog - The Washington Post

John Legend surprises Duke Ellington School of the Arts students at the Kennedy Center - The Style Blog - The Washington Post: ...The students, practicing at the Kennedy Center for their Tuesday night performance at the Millennium Stage, had no idea the Grammy winning singer (“with a voice like molten lava,” one visitor swooned) would be swinging by their rehearsal.

Legend was at the Kennedy Center Tuesday morning to participate in the launch of the Center’s “What’s Going On…Now” project meant to both inspire young people to engage in their communities through the arts and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.”

“Can I play with you?” Legend, a longtime Gaye fan, asked the totally dumbstruck students, before sliding onto the piano bench and joining in their rendition of “What’s Going On.”