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Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff career developments

Overview

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s musical and television legacy is highlighted through new production developments and retrospective accounts.

Westbrook Studios, co-founded by Smith, is developing a scripted series titled ‘215’. Set in West Philadelphia during the late 1980s, the show is a fictionalized dramatization of the rise of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. The project is a collaboration with The Malar Group.

In related reflections on his career, Smith recounted the origins of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ theme song. He noted that after a version produced by Quincy Jones failed to resonate, Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff wrote and recorded their own rap using a four-track recorder in a hotel room.

Entities

DJ Jazzy Jeff · Will Smith · Quincy Jones · Philadelphia · The Malar Group

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 7 sources
    Will Smith recounts creation of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ theme song

    Will Smith recounted the creation of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ theme song, noting he and DJ Jazzy Jeff wrote the iconic rap in a hotel room after rejecting an earlier version by Quincy Jones.

  2. [CULTURE] 14 sources
    Westbrook Studios develops ‘215’ series about Will Smith’s rap origins

    Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and The Malar Group are developing ‘215’, a scripted series inspired by the 1980s hip-hop rise of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince in Philadelphia.

Sources

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