Will reminds us he’s been around for a minute.
While promoting Bad Boys For Life on The Tonight Show, Will Smith teamed up with Jimmy Fallon to provide a comprehensive and creative history the significant events Will’s life. From his upbringing in “the city brotherly love” (“that’s Philly!”) to “rappin’ just to make bus fare,” Will remembers his earlier days before his breakthrough acting role on The Fresh Prince Bel-Air. The crowd goes wild when Will looks into the fishbowl-lens-camera and spits the infamous line “Then I moved in with my auntie and uncle in Bel-Air” from the Fresh Prince theme song. Will and Jimmy pay further tribute to the show that launched Will’s career by performing the iconic dance invented by the character, Carlton Banks. Will’s early film career is then explored, with references to the first Bad Boys movie as well as the alien-hunting Independence Day. Will and Jada’s marriage in 1997 course gets mentioned, as does Jada’s Red Table Talk. After shouting out Men in Black, Will and Jimmy “get jiggy wit’ it” to Will’s 1997 smash hit.
Will then recounts entering fatherhood, as he “started out a Prince, then became the Fresh Papi.” He names his three kids, Trey Jaden, Willow, and reminds us when the latter “came and told ya ‘whip your hair back and forth.'” Will and Jimmy speed through practically all Will’s movie roles, including the animated Shark Tale, the romcom Hitch, and the heartwrenching Pursuit Happyness. After films like Suicide Squad and Hancock, Will mentions his Youtube content, and recreates the video himself bungee-jumping out a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. The history lesson concludes with a reference to Will’s recent movies Aladdin and Spies in Disguise, with one shameless promo for Bad Boys For Life. What a life!