Will Smith

Will Smith

Willard Carroll "will" Smith II (yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1968) ni umukinnyi w’umunyamerika, umunyarwenya, utunganya umuziki, umuraperi, n’umwanditsi. Yishimiye gutsinda kuri tereviziyo, filime, n'umuziki. Muri Mata 2007, Newsweek yamwise "umukinnyi ukomeye muri Hollywood". Smith yatorewe ibihembo bitanu bya Golden Globe Awards, ibihembo bibiri bya Academy, kandi yatsindiye ibihembo bine bya Grammy.Mu mpera z'imyaka ya za 1980, Smith yamenyekanye cyane nk'umuraperi ku izina rya The Fresh Prince. Mu 1990, ubwamamare bwe bwiyongereye cyane ubwo yakinaga kuri televiziyo izwi cyane The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Igitaramo cyakoresheje ibihe bitandatu (1990-96) kuri NBC kandi cyagiye gihuza imiyoboro itandukanye kuva icyo gihe. Urukurikirane rumaze kurangira, Smith yavuye kuri tereviziyo ajya muri firime, amaherezo akina muri firime nyinshi. Niwe mukinnyi wenyine ufite filime umunani zikurikiranye zinjije miliyoni zisaga 100 z'amadolari mu biro by’imbere mu gihugu, filime cumi nimwe zikurikirana zinjije miliyoni zisaga 150 z'amadolari ku rwego mpuzamahanga, ndetse na filime umunani zikurikiranye aho yakinnye ku mwanya wa mbere mu biro by’imbere mu gihugu

Ibihembo

Smith yashyizwe ku rutonde rwinyenyeri kurusha abandi kwisi yose na Forbes. Kugeza mu mwaka wa 2014, filime 17 kuri 21 yagiye agiramo uruhare runini zinjije mw'isi yose yinjije miliyoni zirenga 100 z'amadolari ya Amerika, atanu yatwaye miliyoni zirenga 500 z'amadorari buri muntu winjiza amafaranga menshi ku isi. Kugeza mu 2014, filime ze zinjije miliyari 6.6 z'amadorali ku isi yose. Yakiriye ibihembo byumukinnyi mwiza Oscar kuri Ali na Gukurikirana Ibyishimo.

Smith yavukiye mu burengerazuba bwa filadelifiya, umuhungu wa Caroline (Bright), umuyobozi w’ishuri rya filadelifiya, na Willard Carroll Smith, Sr., injeniyeri wa firigo. Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield ko muburengerazuba bwa filadelifiya, yakuze yarabatijwe. Afite barumuna be batatu, mushiki we Pamela, ufite imyaka ine, n'impanga Harry na Ellen, barutanwaho imyaka itatu. Smith yize muri Bikira Mariya Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika muri filadelifiya. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, ariko ntabwo batanye kugeza mu 2000.

Amashuli

Smith yize Overbrook High School. Nubwo bivugwa cyane, ntabwo ari ukuri ko Smith yanze buruse yo kujya mu kigo cy’ikoranabuhanga cya Massachusetts (MIT); ntabwo yigeze asaba kaminuza kuko "yashakaga kurapa." Smith avuga ko yemerewe muri "progaramu yo mucyi itegura abenjenyeri" muri MIT ku banyeshuri bo mu mashuri yisumbuye, ariko ntiyitabira. Nk’uko Smith abivuga, "Mama, wakoraga mu Nama Nkuru y'Ishuri rya Philadelphia, yari afite inshuti yari ishinzwe abinjira muri MIT. Nari mfite amanota menshi ya SAT kandi baribakeneye abana b'abirabura, ku buryo bishoboka ko nashoboraga kwinjira. Ariko njye nta bushake narimfite bwo kujya muri kaminuza. "

Smith yatangiye ari MC wa hip-hop za DJ Jazzy Jeff naThe Fresh Prince, hamwe ninshuti ye yo mu bwana Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes nkumuntu utunganya umuziki, ndetse na Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) nkagasanduku kabantu. Aba batatu bari bazwiho gukora indirimbo zisetsa, zikundwa kuri radiyo, cyane cyane "Ababyeyi Ntibumva" na "summertime". Bashimishijwe cyane kandi batsindira Grammy ya mbere yatanzwe mu cyiciro cya Rap (1988).

Uubutunzi

Smith yakoresheje amafaranga mu bwisanzure ahagana mu 1988 na 1989 kandi yishyura imisoro kuyoyinjije. Serivisi y'imbere ishinzwe kwishyuza imisoro yaje gusuzuma umwenda wa miliyoni 2.8 z’amadolari y’imisoro kuri Smith, itwara byinshi mu byo yari atunze, kandi yinjiza amafaranga. Smith yari hafi guhomba mu 1990, ubwo umuyoboro wa tereviziyo ya NBC wamusinyaga amasezerano akubaka sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, hafi ye.Igitaramo cyagenze neza atangira umwuga we wo gukina. Smith yihaye intego yo kuba "umusitari ukomeye wa firime ku isi", yiga ibyo yatsindiye muri rusange.

Inshingano za mbere za Smith zari mu ikinamico Impamyabumenyi esheshatu zo gutandukana (1993) na filime y'ibikorwa Bad Boys (1995) yakinnye na Martin Lawrence.

Zimwe muri filimi yakinnye

Mu 1996, Smith yakinnye mu itsinda ry’abakinnyi mu munsi w’ubwigenge bwa Roland Emmerich. Iyi filime yari yaramamaye cyane, yabaye filime ya kabiri yinjije amafaranga menshi mu mateka muri kiriya gihe kandi ishyiraho Smith m'umukino wa mbere winjiza amafaranga menshi. Nyuma yaje kongera gutsindira zahabu mu mpeshyi yo mu 1997 ari kumwe na Tommy Lee Jones mu mpeshyi yakubise Abagabo muri Black bakina Agent J. Mu 1998, Smith yakinnye na Gene Hackman mu Mwanzi wa Leta.

Yanze uruhare rwa Neo muri Matrix ashyigikira Wild Wild West (1999). N'ubwo Wild Wild West yatengushye, Smith yavuze ko atigeze yicuza ku cyemezo cye, yemeza ko imikorere ya Keanu Reeves nka Neo yarutaga ibyo Smith ubwe yari kugeraho, nubwo mu biganiro byakurikiye nyuma yirekurwa rya Wild Wild West yavuze. ko "yakoze amakosa kuri Wild Wild West. Ibyo byashoboraga kuba byiza."Mu 2005, Smith yinjiye mu gitabo cya Guinness World Records kubera kwitabira imikino itatu ya mbere mu gihe cy'amasaha 24.Yateguye kuzakina muri firime yerekana amashusho ya televiziyo Ifata Umujura.

Ibigwi

Ku ya 10 Ukuboza 2007, Smith yahawe icyubahiro mu nzu mberabyombi y'Abashinwa ya Grauman kuri Boulevard ya Hollywood. Smith yasize igikumwe n'amaboko n'amaguru hanze yikinamico izwi kwisi yose imbere yabafana benshi. Nyuma yaho muri uko kwezi, Smith yakinnye muri filime I Am Legend, yasohotse ku ya 14 Ukuboza 2007. Nubwo byagaragaye ko ari byiza, niyo filimi yabaye nini muzasohotse muri Amerika mu Kuboza. Smith ubwe yavuze ko abona ko iyi filime "idasanzwe". Umuntu umwe wasuzumye yavuze ko filime yatsindiye mu bucuruzi "yashimangiye ko [Smith] ahagaze ku mwanya wa mbere mu bakinnyi binjiza amafaranga menshi muri Hollywood." Ku ya 1 Ukuboza 2008, TV Guide yatangaje ko Smith yatoranijwe nk'umwe mu bantu icumi ba mbere muri Amerika bashimishije cyane mu mwaka wa 2008 kubera umwihariko wa Barbara Walters ABC watambutse ku ya 4 Ukuboza 2008.

Mu mwaka wa 2008 Smith yavuzwe ko arimo ategura filime yitwa Farawo wa nyuma, aho azakinamo nka Taharqa. Mu mwaka wa 2008 ni bwo Smith yakinnye muri filime y'intwari Hancock.

Abagabo bambaye umwirabura wa III bafunguwe ku ya 25 Gicurasi 2012 hamwe na Smith bongera kwerekana uruhare rwe nka Agent J. Uru nirwo ruhare rwe rwa mbere yakinnye mu myaka ine.

Ku ya 19 Kanama 2011, hatangajwe ko Smith yagarutse muri studio ari kumwe na producer La Mar Edwards gukorana na alubumu ye ya gatanu ya studio. Edwards yakoranye n'abahanzi nka T.I., Chris Brown, na Game. Album ya Smith iheruka gusohoka muri studio, Yatakaye kandi Yabonetse, yasohotse mu 2005.

Smith n'umuhungu we Jaden bakinnye se n'umuhungu mu bitaramo bibiri: Ikinamico ya biografiya yo mu 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness, na filime ya siyanse ya siyanse Nyuma y'isi, yasohotse ku ya 31 Gicurasi 2013.

Smith yakinnye na Margot Robbie mu ikinamico y'urukundo Focus. Yakinnye Nicky Spurgeon, umuhanzi w'inararibonye wa con ufata umugore ukiri muto, ushimishije munsi yibaba rye. Focus yashyizwe ahagaragara ku ya 27 Gashyantare 2015. Smith yari yiteguye gukina muri firime ya Sci-Fic Brilliance, yahinduwe n’igitabo cya Marcus Sakey cyizina rimwe cyanditswe n'umwanditsi wa Parike ya Jurassic, David Koepp. Ariko yavuye mu mushinga.

Ikinamico

Smith yakinnye na Dr. Bennet Omalu wo mu kigo cy’ubushakashatsi cy’ubwonko bw’ubwonko mu ikinamico cy'icyinamico ya Concussion, wabaye umuntu wa mbere wavumbuye ansefarofati idakira (CTE) mu bwonko bw’umukinnyi w’umupira wamaguru. CTE nindwara yangirika iterwa nihungabana rikomeye kumutwe ushobora kuvumburwa nyuma yurupfu. Uruhare rwa Smith ahanini rwatewe no gusohoka kumunota wanyuma muri Sci-Fi thriller-ikinamico Brilliance. Nk’uko ikinyamakuru Pittsburgh Tribune kibitangaza ngo Concussion yayobowe na Peter Landesman n'amasaro yafatiwe amashusho i Pittsburgh. Yakiriye miliyoni 14.4 z'amadolari y'Amerika yo gutanga inguzanyo muri Pensuluvenia. Amafoto nyamukuru yatangiye ku ya 27 Ukwakira 2014. Umukinnyi wa filime Gugu Mbatha-Raw yakinnye n’umugore we. Omalu yabaye umujyanama.

Kuva mu Gushyingo 2015, Smith yiteguye gukina mu ikinamico yigenga yitwa Ingwatey'Ubwiza, izayoborwa na David Frankel. Smith azakina umuyobozi ushinzwe kwamamaza i New York waguye mu bwihebe bukabije nyuma y’amakuba ku giti cye.

Igitaramo cy’amahoro cyitiriwe Nobel ku ya 11 Ukuboza 2009, i Oslo, muri Noruveje: Smith ari kumwe n’umugore Jada hamwe n’abana Jaden na Willow Smith bashakanye na Sheree Zampino mu 1992. Babyaranye umuhungu umwe, Trey Smith, wavutse ku ya 11 Ugushyingo 1992, baratandukana mu 1995. Trey yagaragaye mu mashusho y'indirimbo ya se y'indirimbo "Gusa Twembi". Yakinnye kandi mubice bibiri bya sitcom Twese, kandi yagaragaye kuri Show ya Oprah Winfrey no kuri David Blaine: TV idasanzwe cyangwa Magic TV.

Smith yashakanye n'umukinnyi wa filime Jada Koren Pinkett mu 1997. Bose bafitanye abana babiri: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (wavutse 1998), mugenzi we bakinnye muri The Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth, na Willow Camille Reign Smith (wavutse 2000), wagaragaye nk'umukobwa we muri Ndi Umugani. Smith na murumuna we Harry bafite Treyball Development Inc, isosiyete ikorera muri Beverly Hills yitiriwe Trey. Smith n'umuryango we baba i Los Angeles, muri kalifoniya.

Smith yagiye ashyirwa ku rutonde rw'abatunzi 40" b'ikinyamakuru cyitwa Fortune Magazine cy’abanyamerika mirongo ine bakize kurusha abandi bari munsi y’imyaka 40.

Ubuzima bwe mu bwana

Juma yakuriye i Nairobi, aho yavuze ko kuva akiri muto yahuye n’ibikorwa by’ubugizi bwa nabi n’ubuzima bwo ku muhanda. Mu gihe cy’ubugimbi bwe yakoze ibyaha bito, ariko yaje kureka ubwo buzima nyuma yo kubona inshuti ye yicwa. Avuga ko ubufasha n’ingaruka nziza bya nyina, hamwe n’ukwizera kwe, ari byo byamufashije guhindura ubuzima bwe no kwinjira mu mwuga wo gukina.

Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield muri West Philadelphia kandi akurira mu muryango w’Ababatisita. Afite mushiki we mukuru witwa Pamela n’abavandimwe be babiri bato b’impanga, Harry na Ellen. Yize amashuri abanza muri Our Lady of Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika riri i Philadelphia, nyuma akomereza amashuri yisumbuye muri Overbrook High School. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, hanyuma baza gutandukana burundu ahagana mu mwaka wa 2000.

Smith yatangiye kuririmba rap afite imyaka 12. Nyirakuru amaze kubona ikaye irimo amagambo ye, yavuze ko arimo "amagambo ye yose y'ibitutsi", yamwandikiye inyandiko ku rupapuro rw'igitabo agira ati: "Willard, abantu b'abanyabwenge by'ukuri ntibagomba gukoresha amagambo nk'aya kugira ngo bigaragaze. Nyamuneka garagaza isi ko uri umunyabwenge nkuko tubyibwira". Smith yavuze ko ibi byagize ingaruka ku cyemezo cye cyo kudakoresha amagambo ateye isoni mu muziki we.

Ubuzima bwe bw' umuga

Willard Carroll Smith II yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1968 i Philadelphia, muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ni umwana wa Caroline (née Bright), wari umuyobozi w’inama y’ishuri, na Willard Carroll Smith Sr., wahoze ari umusirikare mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere za Amerika ndetse akaba n’umuhanga mu by’ubukonje (refrigeration engineer). Nyina yarangije amashuri ye muri Kaminuza ya Carnegie Mellon.

Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield muri West Philadelphia, akurira mu muryango w’Ababatisita. Afite mushiki we mukuru witwa Pamela n’abavandimwe be babiri bato b’impanga, Harry na Ellen. Yize amashuri abanza muri Our Lady of Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika riri i Philadelphia, nyuma akomereza amashuri yisumbuye muri Overbrook High School. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, hanyuma baza gutandukana burundu ahagana mu mwaka wa 2000.

Smith yatangiye kuririmba rap afite imyaka 12. Igihe nyirakuru yabonaga ikaye yarimo amagambo y’indirimbo ze, yabonye ko harimo amagambo y’ibitutsi, maze amwandikira ubutumwa agira ati: “Willard, abantu b’abanyabwenge by’ukuri ntibagomba gukoresha amagambo nk’aya kugira ngo bigaragaze. Nyamuneka erekana isi ko uri umunyabwenge nk’uko tubyibwira.” Smith yavuze ko ayo magambo ya nyirakuru yagize uruhare rukomeye mu cyemezo cye cyo kudakoresha amagambo ateye isoni mu muziki we.

Smith mu bihembo bya Emmy byo mu 1993

Smith yatangiye umwuga we nka MC w’aba DJ babiri ba hip-hop, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, hamwe n’inshuti ye yo mu bwana, Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes, wari umuproducer w’indirimbo. Townes na Smith bahuye bwa mbere mu 1985, ubwo Townes yaririmbaga mu birori byo mu rugo hafi y’aho Smith atuye, maze akabona Smith afite impano yo kuririmba indirimbo. Smith yahisemo kwifatanya na we, maze bombi basangira ubuhanga n’imbaraga mu muziki, bituma Townes abona ko uwo musore afite impano idasanzwe mu kuririmba.

Ubuzima bwe bw' umuga

Willard Carroll Smith II yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1968 i Philadelphia, muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ni umwana wa Caroline (née Bright), wari umuyobozi w’inama y’ishuri, na Willard Carroll Smith Sr., wahoze ari umusirikare mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere za Amerika ndetse akaba n’umuhanga mu by’ubukonje (refrigeration engineer). Nyina yarangije amashuri ye muri Kaminuza ya Carnegie Mellon.

Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield muri West Philadelphia, akurira mu muryango w’Ababatisita. Afite mushiki we mukuru witwa Pamela n’abavandimwe be babiri bato b’impanga, Harry na Ellen. Yize amashuri abanza muri Our Lady of Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika riri i Philadelphia, nyuma akomereza amashuri yisumbuye muri Overbrook High School. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, hanyuma baza gutandukana burundu ahagana mu mwaka wa 2000.

Smith yatangiye kuririmba rap afite imyaka 12. Igihe nyirakuru yabonaga ikaye yarimo amagambo y’indirimbo ze, yabonye ko harimo amagambo y’ibitutsi, maze amwandikira ubutumwa agira ati: “Willard, abantu b’abanyabwenge by’ukuri ntibagomba gukoresha amagambo nk’aya kugira ngo bigaragaze. Nyamuneka erekana isi ko uri umunyabwenge nk’uko tubyibwira.” Smith yavuze ko ayo magambo ya nyirakuru yagize uruhare rukomeye mu cyemezo cye cyo kudakoresha amagambo ateye isoni mu muziki we.

1985–1992: DJ Jazzy Jeff na Fresh Prince

Smith mu bihembo bya Emmy byo mu 1993

Smith yatangiye umwuga we nka MC w’aba DJ babiri ba hip-hop, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, hamwe n’inshuti ye yo mu bwana, Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes, wari umuproducer w’indirimbo. Townes na Smith bahuye bwa mbere mu 1985, ubwo Townes yaririmbaga mu birori byo mu rugo hafi y’aho Smith atuye, maze akabona Smith afite impano yo kuririmba indirimbo. Smith yahisemo kwifatanya na we, maze bombi basangira ubuhanga n’imbaraga mu muziki, bituma Townes abona ko uwo musore afite impano idasanzwe mu kuririmba.

Nyuma y’igihe gito, Smith na Townes bahisemo gukorana n’undi mucuranzi, Ready Rock C, bategura itsinda ryabo rihuriranye, rigizwe n’abagize batatu. Word Records yo muri Philadelphia yasohoye indirimbo yabo ya mbere mu 1986, ubwo Paul Oakenfold, umucuruzi wa A&R, yabagejeje kuri Champion Records. Indirimbo yabo yitwa "Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble" yagaragazaga inkuru zisekeje z’ubuzima bwa buri munsi, byatumye Smith n’umucuranzi we wa rap wa mbere, Mark Forrest (Lord Supreme), bahura n’ibibazo bito mu buryo bw’amasomo.

Iyi ndirimbo yaje kuba ikimenyabose, ifite isano n’icyamamare cya televiziyo I Dream of Jeannie. Smith yamenyekanye kubera uburyo bwe bwo gutanga inkuru zisekeje, afite ubuhanga mu gucuranga no kwerekana “intambara” mu muziki we, byose bikorwa nta magambo mabi akoresheje. Indirimbo "Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble" yakunzwe cyane kandi yamenyekanye ku buryo bwihuse mbere y’uko Smith arangiza amashuri yisumbuye.

Hashingiwe ku ntsinzi yabo ya mbere, Smith na Townes bagejejwe kuri Jive Records na Russell Simmons. Album yabo ya mbere, Rock the House, yasohotse bwa mbere kuri Word Up mu 1986, hanyuma itangirire kuri Jive muri Werurwe 1987. Itsinda ryegukanye igihembo cya mbere cya Grammy Award mu 1989 mu cyiciro cya Best Rap Performance ku ndirimbo "Parents Just Don’t Understand" (1988). Nubwo ari iyo ndirimbo yegukanye igihembo cya Grammy, indirimbo yabo yamenyekanye cyane ni "Summertime" (1991), yatumye itsinda rigira Grammy ya kabiri kandi igera ku mwanya wa 4 kuri Billboard Hot 100. Smith na Townes baracyari inshuti magara, bavuga ko batigeze batandukana, kuko bakomeje gukora indirimbo bakurikije umuhanzi Smith wenyine.

Smith yakoresheje amafaranga mu bwisanzure ahagana mu 1988 na 1989 kandi yishyuraga imisoro ye ku nyungu nke. Ikigo cy’Imisoro cy’imbere mu gihugu cyaje gutanga ikiguzi cya $2.8 umwenda wa miliyoni kuri Smith, yatwaye ibintu bye byinshi, kandi yinjiza amafaranga ye. Smith yari afite ibibazo by'ubukungu mu 1990 ubwo televiziyo ya NBC yamusinyiraga amasezerano maze yubaka sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, hafi ye. Iki kiganiro cyagenze neza kandi gitangira umwuga we wo gukina. Smith yishyiriyeho intego yo kuba "icyamamare cya filime gikomeye ku isi", yiga ku bintu bisanzwe by'intsinzi mu biro by'amatike . Mu 1989, Smith yatawe muri yombi akurikiranyweho igitero cyakorewe umucuruzi we wamamaza indirimbo, William Hendricks; ibirego byaje kuvaho.

Ubuzima bwe bw' umuga

Willard Carroll Smith II yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1968 i Philadelphia, muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ni umwana wa Caroline (née Bright), wari umuyobozi w’inama y’ishuri, na Willard Carroll Smith Sr., wahoze ari umusirikare mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere za Amerika ndetse akaba n’umuhanga mu by’ubukonje (refrigeration engineer). Nyina yarangije amashuri ye muri Kaminuza ya Carnegie Mellon.

Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield muri West Philadelphia, akurira mu muryango w’Ababatisita. Afite mushiki we mukuru witwa Pamela n’abavandimwe be babiri bato b’impanga, Harry na Ellen. Yize amashuri abanza muri Our Lady of Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika riri i Philadelphia, nyuma akomereza amashuri yisumbuye muri Overbrook High School. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, hanyuma baza gutandukana burundu ahagana mu mwaka wa 2000.

Smith yatangiye kuririmba rap afite imyaka 12. Igihe nyirakuru yabonaga ikaye yarimo amagambo y’indirimbo ze, yabonye ko harimo amagambo y’ibitutsi, maze amwandikira ubutumwa agira ati: “Willard, abantu b’abanyabwenge by’ukuri ntibagomba gukoresha amagambo nk’aya kugira ngo bigaragaze. Nyamuneka erekana isi ko uri umunyabwenge nk’uko tubyibwira.” Smith yavuze ko ayo magambo ya nyirakuru yagize uruhare rukomeye mu cyemezo cye cyo kudakoresha amagambo ateye isoni mu muziki we.

1985–1992: DJ Jazzy Jeff na Fresh Prince

Smith mu bihembo bya Emmy byo mu 1993

Smith yatangiye umwuga we nka MC w’aba DJ babiri ba hip-hop, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, hamwe n’inshuti ye yo mu bwana, Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes, wari umuproducer w’indirimbo. Townes na Smith bahuye bwa mbere mu 1985, ubwo Townes yaririmbaga mu birori byo mu rugo hafi y’aho Smith atuye, maze akabona Smith afite impano yo kuririmba indirimbo. Smith yahisemo kwifatanya na we, maze bombi basangira ubuhanga n’imbaraga mu muziki, bituma Townes abona ko uwo musore afite impano idasanzwe mu kuririmba.

Nyuma y’igihe gito, Smith na Townes bahisemo gukorana n’undi mucuranzi, Ready Rock C, bategura itsinda ryabo rihuriranye, rigizwe n’abagize batatu. Word Records yo muri Philadelphia yasohoye indirimbo yabo ya mbere mu 1986, ubwo Paul Oakenfold, umucuruzi wa A&R, yabagejeje kuri Champion Records. Indirimbo yabo yitwa "Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble" yagaragazaga inkuru zisekeje z’ubuzima bwa buri munsi, byatumye Smith n’umucuranzi we wa rap wa mbere, Mark Forrest (Lord Supreme), bahura n’ibibazo bito mu buryo bw’amasomo.

Iyi ndirimbo yaje kuba ikimenyabose, ifite isano n’icyamamare cya televiziyo I Dream of Jeannie. Smith yamenyekanye kubera uburyo bwe bwo gutanga inkuru zisekeje, afite ubuhanga mu gucuranga no kwerekana “intambara” mu muziki we, byose bikorwa nta magambo mabi akoresheje. Indirimbo "Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble" yakunzwe cyane kandi yamenyekanye ku buryo bwihuse mbere y’uko Smith arangiza amashuri yisumbuye.

Ubuzima bwe bw' umuga

Willard Carroll Smith II yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1968 i Philadelphia, muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ni umwana wa Caroline (née Bright), wari umuyobozi w’inama y’ishuri, na Willard Carroll Smith Sr., wahoze ari umusirikare mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere za Amerika ndetse akaba n’umuhanga mu by’ubukonje (refrigeration engineer). Nyina yarangije amashuri ye muri Kaminuza ya Carnegie Mellon.

Yakuriye mu gace ka Wynnefield muri West Philadelphia, akurira mu muryango w’Ababatisita. Afite mushiki we mukuru witwa Pamela n’abavandimwe be babiri bato b’impanga, Harry na Ellen. Yize amashuri abanza muri Our Lady of Lourdes, ishuri ryigenga rya Gatolika riri i Philadelphia, nyuma akomereza amashuri yisumbuye muri Overbrook High School. Ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka 13, hanyuma baza gutandukana burundu ahagana mu mwaka wa 2000.

Smith yatangiye kuririmba rap afite imyaka 12. Igihe nyirakuru yabonaga ikaye yarimo amagambo y’indirimbo ze, yabonye ko harimo amagambo y’ibitutsi, maze amwandikira ubutumwa agira ati: “Willard, abantu b’abanyabwenge by’ukuri ntibagomba gukoresha amagambo nk’aya kugira ngo bigaragaze. Nyamuneka erekana isi ko uri umunyabwenge nk’uko tubyibwira.” Smith yavuze ko ayo magambo ya nyirakuru yagize uruhare rukomeye mu cyemezo cye cyo kudakoresha amagambo ateye isoni mu muziki we.

1985–1992: DJ Jazzy Jeff na Fresh Prince

Smith mu bihembo bya Emmy byo mu 1993

Smith yatangiye umwuga we nka MC w’aba DJ babiri ba hip-hop, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, hamwe n’inshuti ye yo mu bwana, Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes, wari umuproducer w’indirimbo. Townes na Smith bahuye bwa mbere mu 1985, ubwo Townes yaririmbaga mu birori byo mu rugo hafi y’aho Smith atuye, maze akabona Smith afite impano yo kuririmba indirimbo. Smith yahisemo kwifatanya na we, maze bombi basangira ubuhanga n’imbaraga mu muziki, bituma Townes abona ko uwo musore afite impano idasanzwe mu kuririmba.