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Will Smith has won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. His Oscar was for portraying Richard Williams in King Richard (2021); his Grammys were for "Parents Just Don't Understand", "Summertime", "Men in Black", and "Gettin' Jiggy wit It".
Smith and Jeffrey Townes met by chance in 1985 when Townes was performing at a house party near Smith's home and needed a last-minute hype man. Smith stepped in, the two felt immediate chemistry, and they went on to form DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Their first single was released in 1986 through Word Records.
Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in 1999 in order to star in Wild Wild West instead. He later acknowledged the decision was a mistake and stated that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what he himself would have achieved.
At the 94th Academy Awards on the 27th of March 2022, Smith walked onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. Smith was asked to leave by the Academy but refused, later won Best Actor for King Richard, and on the 1st of April 2022 resigned from the Academy. The Academy then banned him from attending its events for ten years.
Aladdin (2019), the live-action Disney adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie in which Smith portrayed the Genie, grossed over $1 billion worldwide, surpassing Independence Day (1996) as Smith's highest-grossing film.
When Smith's grandmother found a notebook of his rap lyrics containing profanity, she wrote him a note telling him that truly intelligent people do not need such words to express themselves. Smith said this message directly influenced his decision never to use profanity in his music throughout his career.