How DJ Jazzy Jeff Created the ‘Fresh Prince’ Theme in Seconds Few television theme songs are as instantly recognizable as The ...

Parents just don’t understand, and they haven’t been alone in trying to make sense of Will Smith’s angry assault on Chris Rock a year and a half ago at the Oscars. Perhaps to remind the world that he ...

One of the main players in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, DJ Jazzy Jeff, has given his take on the revamped version of the series, concluding that it might be even better than the original. He continued ...

The celebrated turntablist explains how Will Smith eventually convinced him to do the show. “At first, I said no,” Jazzy Jeff says. “I wasn’t terrified. I wasn’t excited. I just didn’t have any desire ...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ran for six seasons from 1990 to 1997 and is highly regarded as one of the best sitcoms of its ...

DJ Jazzy Jeff knows how to break up the monotony during all of this self-isolating, especially since summertime is upon us. In honor of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s 30th anniversary, he’s hosting a ...

It’s easy to see the appeal of the recent wave of seminal alt-rock band reunions just fine. For the bands, there’s money to be made, oftentimes more money than the band made on its first go-around; I ...

In the late '80s, Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett, two teenage classmates at the Baltimore School For The Arts, became close friends. They remained close friends into the '90s, when Pinkett became a ...

On this day in hip-hop history, Will Smith—then known as The Fresh Prince—and DJ Jazzy Jeff released their second LP, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. Originally released as a double album on vinyl, it ...

Smith writes about his entire life and career in his autobiography, Will. When he describes the early success of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Smith explains why they boycotted the first ever ...

Few TV theme songs are as instantly recognizable as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.