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Influenced by hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash, Smith begins rapping. At Overbrook High School he is given the nickname Prince, which eventually becomes Fresh Prince.
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D. J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince win a Grammy for Best Rap Performance for Parents Just Don’t Understand.
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Wins the title role in the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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D. J. Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince win their second Grammy for Summertime
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Stars in Bad Boys with Martin Lawrence.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air TV show comes to an end.
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Stars in Independence Day.
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Stars in Men in Black with Tommy Lee Jones.
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Marries actress Jada Pinkett.
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Smith’s first child with Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre, is born.
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Smith’s second child with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Camille Reign.
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Receives a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali.
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Creates the sitcom All of Us with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Enters the Guinness Book of Records for attending three premieres within 24 hours.
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America’s Newsweek magazine declares Smith the most powerful actor on the planet.
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Receives a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in The Pursuit of Happyness.
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Has his hand and footprints immortalised on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.
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Smith is voted 2008’s top US money-making star by a survey of movie exhibitors.
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Wins the Best Actor award at the BET Awards ceremony.
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Announced as producer of a remake of The Karate Kid which is to star his son Jaden.
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It was announced that Smith had returned to the studio with producer La Mar Edwards to make a new album.
