Will Smith
104
R
“Rapper’s Delight,” 17
Reid, Daphne Maxwell, 60
Ribeiro, Alfonso, 44
Rock the House,
31, 33
Run-D.M.C., 29, 30
S
Seven Pounds
, 86
Shark Tale
, 85
Simmons, Joseph (Run), 30
Simpson, Don, 62
Six Degrees of Separation
,
55–56, 57, 62
Smith, Caroline (mother), 9,
10, 11, 12, 19, 25, 26, 50, 74
Smith, Ellen (sister), 10
Smith, Harry (brother), 10, 12, 13
Smith, Jada Pinkett (wife),
65–66, 74, 75, 77, 81, 83
Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre
(son), 75, 86
Smith, Pamela (sister), 9
Smith, Sheree Zampino, 53, 65
Smith, Willard Christopher Sr.
(father), 9, 10–11, 12–13,
15–17, 18, 19, 21, 25–26, 35
Smith, Willard Christopher Jr.
(Will)
awards, 5, 7, 8, 33, 50, 75,
79, 83
beginnings of rapping,
17–19, 20–21, 24–25
childhood, 9–22
Education, 11, 15, 20, 21,
22, 25–26, 33
movies, 37–38, 51, 53–54,
55, 56, 57, 61, 62–63, 65,
67–69, 72, 73, 74, 75,
80–81, 83, 84–85, 86
music, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18–19,
20, 21, 24–25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 31, 33–34, 49, 50,
54–55, 73, 77–79, 83, 85
television, 40, 41, 43,
44–47, 48, 51, 55, 57–60,
63–64, 66–67, 69, 70
with DJ Jazzy Jeff, 5–6, 7, 8,
24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33–34,
42, 50, 54, 55
Smith, Willard Christopher III
(Trey) (son), 53, 64, 74–75
Smith, Willow Camille Reign
(daughter), 81, 83
Sugarhill Gang, 17, 24
“Summertime,” 50
T
Tartikoff, Brandon, 42–43
Townes, Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff),
5–6, 7, 8, 23–25, 27, 28, 29,
31, 33–34, 37–38, 42, 46,
50, 53, 54, 60, 77
W
Where the Day Takes You
, 51, 54
Wild, WildWest
, 76–77, 79, 81, 83
Willennium
, 77
“Will 2K,” 79
Word Up, 20, 25, 27, 29