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Will Smith, heart, performs in the course of the BET Awards on Sunday, June 30, 2024, on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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Will Smith introduced flames and religion to the stage on the BET Awards on Sunday.
Smith returned to his music roots with the debut of his new music, “You Can Make It.” That includes Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir, Smith rapped about perseverance within the gospel-infused music.
“The darker the hell you gotta endure / The brighter the heaven you get to get pleasure from / The more durable the autumn, the upper you soar,” Smith rapped, surrounded by pyrotechnic hearth on the stage. “God opens a window when the satan closes the door / Consider me, they tried to bleed Will Smith / Within the rearview, I see adversity was the reward / To raise me greater items requires religion.”
Smith’s efficiency on the BET Awards follows his shock Coachella look in April, when he confirmed up throughout J Balvin’s set for a rowdy rendition of his observe “Males In Black,” which was initially launched together with his hit 1997 film of the identical title.
The “Independence Day” star’s new music is his first solo materials in over 5 years, teeing up his first main music launch since his “Misplaced and Discovered” album from 2005.
Lately Smith has sometimes collaborated with different artists, together with Unhealthy Bunny and Marc Anthony. He dropped the EDM single “Get Lit” in 2017 and likewise launched the observe “Mild ‘Em Up” with Sean Paul, which is on the soundtrack for his new movie, “Unhealthy Boys: Experience or Die.”
Smith is a four-time Grammy-winning artist, within the rap efficiency class each solo and as a part of a duo or group. His first win was for the 1988 music “Dad and mom Simply Don’t Perceive,” which he carried out alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff because the Contemporary Prince.
The pair additionally received for his or her 1992 observe “Summertime.” As a solo artist, Smith received back-to-back rap efficiency Grammys in 1998 for “Males In Black,” after which “Gettin’ Jiggy with It” the next yr.