The movie star and member of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released his podcast Class of '88 on FridaySadie Bell is a Digital News Writer on the Music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023. Her work has previously appeared in Alternative Press, Billboard, NYLON, Rolling Stone, and Thrillist.
Carli also reflected on his performance on the podcast. She said that when she and the director were watching the footage back, “We turn to each other and go, ‘Holy crap. This kid is a superstar. This kid, the Fresh Prince, he’s going to be a huge movie star. He’s going to be as big as, about the then rising artist’s on-camera appeal.
He and his longtime collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff, 58, open up about their time as a hip-hop duo when the music industry was still discovering that rap could be profitable. In one anecdote, they recalled a time in 1987 when they were supposed to be recording and Smith tried toWill Smith Once Tried to Saw Off DJ Jazzy Jeff's Leg Cast with Butter Knives Before Recording Album
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