Will Smith reveals why he never cursed in his songs.
Before becoming a successful actor, Will Smith was also one of the top names in hip-hop, he goes by his stage name Fresh Prince, and his duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff. The four-time Grammy Award winner released four solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), and Lost and Found (2005), which had US number-one singles “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” and “Wild Wild West”.
The Academy Award winner was often called a “soft” rapper, for his fun raps and no use of curse words. He sat down with David Letterman for the latest episode of Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, where he reveals he hated being called a “soft” rapper. “That was really our major distinguishing quality at the time,” he said. “It was comedy, it was punchlines, it was fun. We stood out in a really good way. We sort of had our own lane… it was always that I was soft. I hated that, being called soft.”
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Smith and Townes collaborated on five studio albums: “Rock the House” (1987), “He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper” (1988), “And in This Corner…” (1989), “Homebase” (1991), and “Code Red” (1992). (1993).
Except for two tracks, Smith mostly avoided using expletives in his music: “You Saw My Blinker” from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Homebase” and “Tell Me Why” from Smith’s 2005 solo album “Lost and Found.”
Eminem also mentioned Will Smith about his decision to not to cuss on any records in his song The Real Slim Shady: Will Smith don’t gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well I do, so f**k him and f**k you too
The Actor/Rapper also reveals that he never used curse words in his raps because his grandmother told him he didn’t need them because he’s too talented. “That was the reason I never cursed in any of my records.”
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