Will Smith rocks the Latin Grammys and returns to his rapping roots

MadamFannie Haziran 01, 2021

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In “What year is this?” news, Will Smith is putting on his crown and hitting the stage once again as the Fresh Prince. The 47-year-old actor and rapper took the stage at the Latin Grammys last night performing “Fiesta” – a new collaboration with Colombian group Bomba Estéreo. The song marked Will’s first recording in a decade, but he definitely won over the crowd, rapping in English and Spanish.

Last night’s performance comes on the heels of Will announcing that he and DJ Jazzy Jeff are planning to go on tour. Will’s film career has kind of slowed down (his latest effort, Focus, got a lukewarm reception from audiences) and I’m sure Jeff doesn’t have anything better to do. Besides, musical talent runs through the blood of the Pinkett-Smith clan – everyone has rocked the mic, even Jada tried, bless her heart. Will talked about the plans for his tour on a recent episode of the Ellen DeGeneres show.

We never actually had a chance to go out and do a full tour. So, we released our first record in 1986…Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble was our first record, but by 1990 I was already on The Fresh Prince. So, in that time, we just we were getting started and I never actually had a chance to go on tour, so I really want to get out there and do it for real.

[From E!]

The duo recorded 5 studio albums and had a string of hits, including “Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble”, “Nightmare on My Street” and “Summertime”. Their last album together was 1993′s Code Red (with the insanely catchy “Somethin’ Like Dis”) and Will hasn’t recorded a solo song in a decade. But, is the world ready for a comeback?

High school Corey would be so excited to see this reunion…I still have my 45 (for those of you under 30, that’s a vinyl record) of “Parents Just Don’t Understand”, but can a middle aged DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince still rock the crowd? I would be totally down for this if they brought along Alfonso Ribeiro. It would be magic…like this reunion on the Graham Norton show in 2013 (just skip to the 3:50 mark to get your Carlton on.) Oh, who am I kidding? Take my money.

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