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Greatness was born on this day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA! Who new this baby would become loved by the world.
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Smith was born and raised in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and also spent time in Germantown in Northwest Philadelphia. His mother, Caroline, was a school administrator who worked for the Philadelphia school board, and his father, Willard Christopher Smith, Sr., was a refrigeration engineer. He was raised Baptist. His parents separated when he was thirteen, and did not actually divorce until around 2000.
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At the age of 12, Will had found a new outlet for his verbal creativity and began experimenting with Grandmaster Flash-inspired rap.
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this is the life of Will Smith as a star. It starts when he hit fame to this present day.
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One summer, his dad tore down a brick wall in the front of his business and told 12-year-old Will and his 9-year-old brother to rebuild it, a job they said was impossible. It took them a year and a half, but they did it. And he said, "Now, don't you ever tell me there's somethin' that you can't do." And walked right through that door, went inside. It proved to Will that he could so anything and nothing is impossible.
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In the year of 1981 Will Smith's Separated.
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When Will met turn-table ace Jeff Townes, or DJ Jazzy Jeff, on a playground four years later, the two joined forces and began performing on the local party circuit.
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Will and DJ Jazzy Jeff added human beat-box Ready Rock C to the act and released the single "Girls Ain't Nothin' but Trouble" on local label Pop Art records.
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Smith started as the MC of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, with his childhood friend Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer,[12] as well as Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) as the human beat box. The trio was known for performing humorous, radio-friendly songs, most notably "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "Summertime".
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Two weeks before his high school graduation, Smith saw the release of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's first album, Rock the House (1987) and his career was set in motion.
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The year 1988 saw the LP He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper and the breakout single and music video for "Parents Just Don't Understand," which transformed them into platinum recording artists.
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first ever recipients of a Grammy Award in the new Rap category.
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The follow-up release And in This Corner was certified gold, though the group's mainstream sound was beginning to lose some audiences, in light of the rise of hardcore rap.
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By the time Smith was 21 years old, the jug-eared kid from Philly had earned - and lost - a million dollars. Luckily his theatrical charisma had attracted the attention of Hollywood.
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Will Smith became a star of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". The sitcom revolved around a Philly kid who moved in with his wealthy relatives in Bel-Air.
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Smith followed up his second round of success by marrying girlfriend Sheree Zampino
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Smith continued his success by being nominated for a Golden Globe.
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He debuted in theaters in a small role in a gritty profile of runaway teens called "Where the Day Takes You" (1992), before landing a supporting role in the failed Whoopi Goldberg/Ted Danson vehicle, "Made in America"
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Son Willard Smith III (Trey) born.
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Smith, now living in Los Angeles, was determined to become a Hollywood star. Convincing a director that he could play something other than a wise-assed urban kid was going to be a challenge. Director Fred Schepisi took that chance, casting Smith in the lead as a charming con-man who ingratiates himself with an affluent white New York couple by posing as the son of Sidney Poitier in "Six Degrees of Separation" .
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Smith earned a second Golden Globe nomination for "The Fresh Prince" and he and Jazzy Jeff released the album Code Red which hit gold status and produced the number one single "Boom! Shake the Room."
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In 1994, Smith assumed executive producer duties on the "Fresh Prince,"
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Smith costarred with Martin Lawrence in the Hit movie "Bad Boys". His first acting jobas a rough and bad character.
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"The Fresh Prince" aired its series finale. Off-screen, Smith also bid farewell to his three-year marriage, which had produced son Willard III, nicknamed Trey.
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Will Smith stars in the Million Dollar Movie Independence Day.
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Following the success of Independence Day and Men in Black, Smith now commands $12.5 million per picture.
Smith’s first solo album, Big Willie Style, is released. -
Stars in "Men in Black" with Tommy Lee Jones.
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Will Smith marries for a second time. this time to Jada Pinkett.
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Smith’s first child with Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre, is born
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Turns down the role of Neo in the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix to star in The Wild, Wild West.
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Smith’s second child with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Camille Reign, is born.
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Saves a teenage fan from choking by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre after sneaking up on her to wish her happy birthday in a shopping mall.
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Requests a restraining order against his 66-year-old former caretaker Mike Cooley, alleging he has stalked the couple and their children for some time.
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Is dropped by record company Sony, allegedly because they feel he is too old.
The couple’s former housekeeper sues them for allegedly failing to pay approximately 1,640 hours of overtime pay.
Creates the sitcom All of Us with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. -
Smith and his wife donate $20,000 to a Scientology literacy campaign called HELP (The Hollywood Education and Literacy Program) after Jada completes filming of Collateral with Tom Cruise.
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07/02/2005 Will Smith Hosts the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
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12/24/2005 Will Smith Enters the Guinness Book of Records for attending three premieres within 24 hours.
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11/19/2006 He published the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" in 2006
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America’s Newsweek magazine declares Will Smith the most powerful actor on the planet
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12/19/2007 He receives a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in The Pursuit of Happyness
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05/18/2008 Will Smith invests $1000000 in a new school near his California home
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06/28/2009 Will Smith wins the Best Actor award at the Bet Awards ceremony
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08/24/2009 Will Smith announced that he was appear in the movie "Hancock"
