--- title: John Legend Calls Donald Trump 'Racist' description: The singer sparred with Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr. canonical: https://time.com/4256583/john-legend-donald-trump-racist-in-twitter-feud-son/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-12T15:18:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:04.826Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: John Legend Calls Donald Trump 'Racist' og:description: The singer sparred with Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/4256583/john-legend-donald-trump-racist-in-twitter-feud-son/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt431be9e9a17553f8/69888abfcd1bba861b6ffcf2/john-legend.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AOL Build Speakers Series - John Legend, "Underground" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Legend Calls Donald Trump 'Racist' twitter:description: The singer sparred with Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt431be9e9a17553f8/69888abfcd1bba861b6ffcf2/john-legend.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Legend Calls Donald Trump 'Racist' in Twitter Feud With Candidate's Son > Sponsored content. 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John Legend in New York City on March 9, 2016.Paul Zimmerman—WireImage by [Karen Mizoguchi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Karen Mizoguchi / People Contributor Mar 12, 2016 3:18 PM UTC It’s safe to say [John Legend](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JohnLegend,00.html) won’t be voting for [Donald Trump](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:DonaldTrump,00.html). The Oscar and Grammy winning singer entered in a Twitter feud with the GOP front-runner’s son [Donald Trump Jr.](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:DonaldTrumpJr,00.html) It all started when Legend, 37, replied to Trump Jr.’s [tweet](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr) about Friday’s [cancelled Trump rally](http://www.people.com/article/donald-trump-chicago-rally-cancelled) in Chicago. “Ha 5 students when asked why they were protesting couldn’t even answer. The participation medal/micro aggression generation is pretty sad!” Trump Jr., 38, wrote to which Legend fired back: “@DonaldJTrumpJr I think they were protesting your racist father. This isn’t complicated.” > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/708482619093028864) > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/708483281038127104) > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/708501865164439552) > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/708484989600534528) The musician’s [pregnant](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/02/24/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-picked-girl-embryo/) wife [Chrissy Teigen](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:ChrissyTeigen,00.html) also [retweeted and replied](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/708491500053639168) to her husband’s tweets writing, “@johnlegend got em.” In response, Trump Jr. said, “Here we go again. That can’t be the answer for everything you don’t like. That’s why the country is so divided now!” Legend also engaged with “Trump trolls,” specifically one user who discredited the _Underground_ executive producer’s higher education. “The Donalds and I graduated from the same University, funny enough,” the father-to-be said. Trump attended Fordham University for two years before entering the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Legend graduated from UPenn with a degree in English with an emphasis on African-American literature. 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