Like did he really grow up in West Phillly and get beat up?
2006-10-13 13:59:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
yes, he grew up in philly! use to see him at the Gallery all the time with his friend jazzy jeff, who still lives in south jersey across the bridge. but the beverly hills thing isn't exactly true, get it from pauper to "prince" is the theme of the show. "the fresh prince" was his stage name for years before he got really famous.
2006-10-13 14:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by love154100 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mini biography
Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline (school board employee) and Willard C Smith Sr.(owner of a refrigeration company). He grew up in middle class West Philadelphia. Will attended the Overbrook High School in Winfield, Pennsylvania, and got the nickname 'Prince' because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia and later turned down a scholarship for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after deciding to take his music career seriously.
Pursuing music, he met Jeff Townes at a party and they soon began performing together as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. When the duo took off in popularity, Smith made and spent a lot of money on a house, cars and jewelry; leading to his near bankruptcy in 1980.
Luckily, in 1989, he met Benny Medina, who had an idea for a sitcom based on his life in Beverly Hills. Smith loved the idea as did NBC which put on the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990). The plot was simple -Will basically played himself; a street-smart West Philly kid transplanted to Beverly Hills. The series lasted 6 years. During that time, he ventured into movies where the critics took note of him in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. His had a huge hit with the Blockbuster Independence Day (1996) where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.
2006-10-13 21:09:30 · answer #2 · answered by TheLastPrincess 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that Will Smith really did grow up in West Philadelphia but I don't know about all the rest of the stuff.
2006-10-14 00:56:07 · answer #3 · answered by mweaver32160 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! remember in the song it says " i got into one little fight and my mom goit scarred, she said' " you're moving with your auntie and uncle to bel air "
Will Smith was always a philadelphia native , even remained there after he and jazzy jeff first project " my fila " and other raps..prior to parents just dont understand.
it was part fiction - based loely on his life but with a twist
2006-10-13 21:10:26 · answer #4 · answered by billybadazz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know bout the rest of it, but the brother IS from Philly.
2006-10-13 21:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by PimpDaddyC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are things about it that are true because i do know for a fact as a philadelphian that he was born and raised in West Philly
2006-10-13 21:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by La Vie Boheme 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes he grew up in west philly(everyone knows that) and if you live in philly, you are bound to get beat up. but everything else is made up.
2006-10-13 23:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by Einstein 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was in philly , he did go to a prep school
2006-10-13 22:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by Pixie Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. well not in real life. but he did on the tv show. i love that show! =]
2006-10-13 21:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no silly...it's just the background of "will smith" the character!!!!!!!!
2006-10-13 21:02:23 · answer #10 · answered by Smiles 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋