Willard Christopher Smith, Jr was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because of his behavior, he had gained himself the nickname “Fresh Prince” in high school, where he ended his schooling career. After skipping college, Will Smith recorded many rap albums, where he started off his rap career, earning the first Grammy ever given in the rap category. However, it was not to be. Heading towards bankruptcy in the year of 1990, Will Smith made a contract with NBC, agreeing to be the main character of a new-wave TV sitcom, title “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.” The show revolved around the misadventures of a black character, aptly named Will (after Will Smith), and featured an opening song written and performed by Will Smith. The show was well known for its reoccurring gags and ability to break the fourth wall successfully. The show was a hit, and successfully boosted Smith’s career. After “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” ended in 1996, Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: “Independence Day,” in which he played a fearless and confident fighter pilot, and “Men In Black” where he played the comic and confident Agent J against Tommy Lee Jones’ deadpan Agent K. Smith’s acting in “Men In Black” won critical praise. The two films established Smith’s commercial reputation as a bankable star whose appeal across age, race, and gender lines could “open” a film at the box office. Smith also released a string of singles, often associated with his most recent film, throughout the late 1990’s. The most notable of these were his #1 hit theme song, “Men in Black,” the #1 hit “Getting’ Jiggy Wit It” (which made jiggy a catchphrase for a while in 1998), and a cover of “Just the Two of Us,” an affectionate message to his young son. His first two solo albums went platinum, but his third, on Columbia Records, was a sales disappointment compared to his past efforts, and after a quick “Greatest Hits” release that was almost not advertised at all, he was dropped by the label. It was then that his mom got scared and said “You’re moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-air.” I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said “Fresh” and had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought, “naw forget it, yo homes to Bel-Air!” I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabby, “yo homes smell you later!” I looked at my kingdom and I was finally there to settle my throne as the prince of bel-air.