John Legend Helps 50 College Students Pay Rent as He Recalls His Own College ‘Hustle’

John Legend is drawing on his own experience struggling to cover housing costs in college to help students facing similar financial pressures today.The 47-year-old singer has teamed up with Bilt for the company's October Rent Day initiative, which will help pay housing costs for 50 students attending four universities personally selected by Legend.The schools include three universities—Morehouse College, Central State University, and Wilberforce University—as well as Legend's alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, as per a press release shared with Realtor.com®. For Legend, the initiative hits particularly close to home because of his own experience paying rent while attending Penn.Loading...John Legend is drawing on his own experience struggling to cover housing costs in college to help students facing similar financial pressures today. Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesThe musician lived on campus during his freshman year before moving off campus for his remaining three years of college, while working multiple jobs to cover his expenses."I was paying my own rent, had a work-study job, and I had a job at a church," Legend recalled. "I was hustling, and I was doing it so I could pay...