When Kool & The Gang released their 1974 single “Summer Madness,” they’d unknowingly laid the foundation for the DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince classic “Summertime.” Released in 1991 from the duo’s ...

DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince — a.k.a Will Smith — are set to reunite for A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years Of Hip-Hop on Wednesday (Nov. 8) at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. However, The Fresh ...

Jeffrey Allen Townes, better known as DJ Jazzy Jeff, has been spinning records professionally since 1985. One half of the Grammy-winning duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, alongside Will Smith, he ...

The Grammy Award-winning duo will be joined by LL Cool J, Queen Latifah and more celebrated rap stars during this televised hip-hop tribute, taping Nov. 8 and airing on CBS on Dec. 10. DJ Jazzy Jeff ...

It’s easy to see the appeal of the recent wave of seminal alt-rock band reunions just fine. For the bands, there’s money to be made, oftentimes more money than the band made on its first go-around; I ...

We always thought that Jazzy Jeff got the raw end of the deal when he parted ways with that freaky-bubbly dude who went on to take TV by storm as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, then conquered Hollywood ...

Both together and apart, the influence of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is still felt. The duo helped usher in decades of hip-hop ubiquity, and during the '90s in the Quad-Cities, rappers like ...

The award-winning actor, who starred in the 1990s hit sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, announced he will be releasing his first full-length album in 20 years. It’s OFFICIAL!! My new album Based On ...

The movie star and member of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released his podcast Class of '88 on Friday Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023.

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The award-winning duo joins a star-studded lineup of guests. Will Smith will not be able to attend the Academy Awards’ Oscar ceremony until at least 2032, but the legendary actor/rapper will be part ...