Early Life of Will Smith (The Fresh Prince):
Willard Carroll Jr. also known as Will Smith was born on 25th September 1968 in West Philadelphia’s Wynnefield neighborhood. He was raised by the Baptist who believes in only the Christian religion. He was born to Caroline who was an executive at the Philadelphia School Board and Willard Smith Sr. who was a refrigeration engineer. Will’s parents separated earlier and divorced each other in the year 2000.
Will discovered his interest in rapping when he was 12 years old. He used to jot down the lyrics of rap in a notebook, which was found by his grandmother, who advised him to showcase his talent to the world.
He was popular by the name of Prince Charming at his high school. By the start of his career, he changed that name to Fresh Prince for the more hip-hop sound in the music industry.
Will Smith Career:
Will Smith continued his journey from a rapper to a film actor. He released his first single “Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble” in the year 1986. After that, he introduced the world with his album Rock the House. In the year 1988, both friends released “Parents Just Don’t Understand” which won them the first Grammy Award in the rap song category.
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Continuing his career in raps, he became a notable personality for the producers which resulted in a six-season based show on his life. Will kick-started his debut on the big screen with “Where the Day Takes You” in 1992. After that, he appeared in an action-comedy thriller, and dramatic thriller and still contributing to the film industry with his award-winning movies. He has appeared in more than 76 television shows. He has been in the spotlight for the past 35 years.
Married Life of Will Smith:
Will Smith has been married twice. His first marriage remained for three years only from the year 1992 to 1995. He was first married to Sheree Zampino. He has a son named Trey with his first wife. After divorcing his first wife his relationship with Trey got fainted.
After two years of divorce, Will married Jada Pinkett Smith. They both had two children together named Jaden and daughter Willow.
Will proved himself to be the best father, he rebuilt his relationship with his first son Trey and changed his style of parenting for all of his three children. He was accompanied by all his three children for the premiere of his movie Emancipation in the previous year 2022.
Will Smith Achievements:
Will Smith has been nominated for different awards more than 20 times. The Oscar-winning actor and singer has won 4 Grammy Awards. He has also won leading awards like Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actor Award.
Will also made his notable reputation in the music industry by winning American Music Awards three times, MTV Video Music Awards by 5 times, and NRJ and World Music Awards.
His most notable award is the Oscar award, won in the year 2022. There is a long list of many other awards and achievements, Smith has made through the three decades.
The Fresh Prince or Will Smith Net worth:
The yearly earning of Will Smith is estimated at 40 million dollars. The net worth of Fresh Prince is about 350 million dollars at this time. He is also known to be the highest-earning actor in three decades.
Will Smith Social Media Activities:
Will Smith writing himself as the same kid from West Philly on Instagram has about 63.1 Mil The Fresh Prince lion followers. He has 115 Million followers on Facebook. After the incident of slapping Chris Rock at the Oscar Awards Smith remained silent on social media but recently he got back on social media with an apology joke and a serious note to Chris Rock.
New Upcoming Movies of Will Smith:
Recently in January 2023 “The Bad Boys 4” has released and now A true story-based film named The Council is expected to release in the year 2023 that was scheduled for 2022 but has now been pushed to 2023.