At last night's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, John Legend took home a statue for his work in the production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
By winning this award, John has entered the small group of people who have EGOT status – that is, an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
He is the first black man to win an EGOT.
And despite what some people have been saying (including me, in an earlier version of this article), John isn't the youngest EGOT winner.
I’m getting really irritated on Bobby Lopez’s behalf right now. Major outlets are saying John Legend is the youngest EGOT. This is so incredibly easy to fact check. Birth dates are public. Dates of the awards ceremonies are public. It’s not even complicated math.
Robert Lopez was the youngest winner in 2014 with his Oscar for the song "Let it Go" from Frozen. He's also the only person ever to have a double EGOT (two or more of each award).
Fans are pretty damn excited.
JOHN LEGEND FIRST BLACK MAN EGOT LESSGOOOOO
Emmy. Grammy. Oscar. Tony. @Johnlegend is the First Black man to achieve #EGOT. Thank you for continuing to inspiring us my brother ! LEGEND ! FUCK YEA 👽🖤 https://t.co/oChc7R1HZf
Meanwhile John Legend has bagged the EGOT!!! A black king 👏👏👏👏
Congrats, EGOT king.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post did Robert Lopez dirty, and cited John as the youngest EGOT winner.