A legendary story.

During the first episode of Amazon Studios’ new series “Words+Music,” John Legend recalled how he made a deal with porn producer Johnny Legend to go by his iconic stage name.

The 46-year-old singer was born John Stephens, but he decided to become John Legend while he and Kanye West were working with spoken-word artist and songwriter J. Ivy on West’s 2004 debut album, “The College Dropout.”

“Now J. heard me singing, playing and doing all I was doing on those ‘College Dropout’ tracks, and he was impressed,” Legend recalled on the show, which premiered Sunday on MGM+.

“He said, ‘Man, we’re gonna have to call you the legend.'”

Legend, who was an unknown artist at the time, continued, “So I had to decide whether or not I was going to assume this stage name. Now part o

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