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 is the latest to give his two cents on the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. The DJ is a former collaborator of Smith’s—the two acted and rapped together for the TV series The Fresh ...

On this date in 1987, Philly’s most celebrated Hip Hop duo released their first album. Famed rapper and actor Will Smith, also known as “The Fresh Prince” and his hilarious on-and-off-screen partner ...

Jeffrey A. Townes (born January 22, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff, is an American hip hop and R&B record producer and turntablist. He is best known for his early ...

Parents just don’t understand, and they haven’t been alone in trying to make sense of Will Smith’s angry assault on Chris Rock a year and a half ago at the Oscars. Perhaps to remind the world that he ...

June is Black Music Month and to celebrate, theGrio came up with several Top 12 lists to fit the theme of summer. Did you know that DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince sampled Kool & the Gang on ...

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince are an iconic duo, no matter how you slice it. From being the first to receive the Best Rap Performance Grammy in 1989 (for their classic "Parents Just Don't ...

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 ...