“Won’t stop, my shit still hot, even though I won’t get nominated.” Smith’s debut solo album, Big Willie Smith, was released in 1997 and included the hit song Men In Black, which accompanied the film ...

Before embarking on his tour, Smith returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, where the street outside his former high school ...

Will Smith's first album since 2005, 'Based on a True Story,' is full of self-help talk and a cocky sense of self-forgiveness, but not enough fun.

After resigning from the Academy the following week while many were calling for the actor’s Oscar win for King Richard to be revoked, Will was banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years. Metro has ...

9-times-platinum solo debut, “Big Willie Style.” What has changed most for Smith in “Based on a True Story” is the abandonment of a big part of his familiar hitmaking aesthetic.