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Will Smith As A Child
At birth, Will Smith was christened William Christopher Smith Jr. He was nicknamed as Fresh Prince by his parents. His date of birth is September 25, 1968, making him a Libran by birth. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
Right from childhood, he had this passion for music and wanted to aim at becoming a musician or an actor. He wrote a book “Just the two of us” later that was dedicated to his parents and to the memory of his grandmother. That shows the amount of love and affection and the importance he got from his parents and grandparents. The book tells about his growing up and his childhood days.
His mother worked in a school and father owned a refrigeration company. Smiths were an average middle class American family. He was his parent’s second child among the other four. As a child, Will was very bright that earned him his nick name “Prince”. He attended a Catholic school, although theirs were a Baptist family. With the result he experienced different social circles in his school days.
It was at the early age of twelve that Will Smith began rapping. He developed his own slick with a semi comic style. DJ Jazzy Jeff, whose real name was Jeff Townes, worked in collaboration with Will Smith and they vigorously pursued their musical excellence together. Will Smith even went to the extent of turning down a scholarship that was offered by Boston’s MIT, which was highly prestigious considering his high SAT scores. He did this all for his dream of becoming a famous musician or actor!
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