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28-03-2025
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Will Smith addresses Chris Rock Oscars slap in new album 'Based on a True Story'
Will Smith is back in his music bag, releasing his first full-length album in two decades. "Based on a True Story" features 14 tracks, with appearances by Teyana Taylor, DJ Jazzy Jeff and comedian/social media personality B. Simone. The latter two appear on the intro track, "Int. Barbershop - Day." In a video Smith shared on Thursday teasing the new project, he states that the "process for this album is really allowing myself to be more honest with myself than I ever have about who and what I actually am." Will Smith and Tatyana Ali recreate iconic 'Fresh Prince' dance scene amid album announcement "This is about to be the greatest artistic, creative period of my entire life," he adds. Among the topics mentioned on Smith's new album is his first Oscar win in 2022 and the now-infamous incident in which he slapped Chris Rock during that awards ceremony, leading to his 10-year ban from the event and rumors the award would be rescinded. In the end, Smith was not asked to return the award. Following the Oscars slap, Smith apologized to Rock in a video shared on social media. Nearly a year after the incident, Rock addressed the slap in his Netflix special, "Selective Outrage." "I'm going to try to do a show tonight without offending nobody. I'm going to try my best, because you never know who might get triggered," he said at the time. "People always say words hurt. Anybody who says words hurt has never been punched in the face." In "Int. Barbershop - Day," Smith plays different voices in a barbershop inspired by Eddie Murphy's barbershop scene from "Coming To America." In a video shared Friday on Instagram, Smith says he wanted to capture the "barbershop vibe of people talking about me." Will Smith addresses Oscars slap, apologizes to Chris Rock in new video "Just all the stuff that I heard," he says. "It was fun to play all of the different characters and be my own hater." In the track itself, Smith raps, "I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back / and you know they only made him do that s--- because he's Black." "I ain't never gonna forgive him for the s--- he did," Smith continues in another voice. "You better keep his wife's name out of your mouth." Smith also references those topics on the second track, "You Lookin' For Me?", where he raps, "Won't stop, my s---'s still hot even though I won't get nominatеd / Personal life with my wife, mind your business, it's complicated." The actor and singer said in a video shared to Instagram on Friday that "You Lookin' For Me?" is "attached" to the first track and addresses "a little bit of where I've been and what I've been doing." "I just kept hearing people say, 'Where is Will Smith?'" he added. Smith's new album includes several previously released singles, including "First Love" featuring India Martinez and Marcin, "Beautiful Scars" featuring Big Sean and O Banga, and "You Can Make It" featuring Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir. See the full tracklist for "Based on a True Story" below. Int. Barbershop Day ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff & B. Simone You Lookin' for Me? The Reverend (Rave Sermon) Rave in the Wasteland Bulletproof ft. Jac Ross Hard Times (Smile) ft. Teyana Taylor Beautiful Scars ft. Big Sean and OBanga Tantrum ft. Joyner Lucas First Love ft. India Martinez and Marcin Make It Look Easy The Reverend (YCMI Sermon) You Can Make It ft. Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir Work of Art ft. Russ and Jaden The Reverend (WOA Sermon) Will Smith addresses Chris Rock Oscars slap in new album 'Based on a True Story' originally appeared on
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28-03-2025
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Will Smith Album: Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock Slap Lyrics Decoded
Originally appeared on E! Online Will Smith wasn't lying when he said Based on A True Story. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum just dropped his first LP in 20 years, and he is laying everything out in his own words. Indeed, there are some clear lyrical indicators to real moments in his life, including slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, his complicated relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith, and references to his kids Trey Smith—whom he shares with ex Sheree Zampino—as well as his and Jada's kids Jaden Smith and Willow Smith. In the first lyric delivered in the album's opening track 'Int. Barbershop-Day' featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone, the 56-year-old makes an immediate reference to the aftermath of slapgate. 'Will Smith is canceled,' he sings, before backtracking, 'You can't cancel no icon.' Another repeated line of the track seems to allude further to Will being canceled, 'I ain't never gonna forgive him for that s--t he did.' More from E! Online Megan Fox Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby With Machine Gun Kelly Why Chris Hemsworth Will "Never Be Friends" With Billie Eilish After Oscars Selfie Babysitter Checking for Monsters Finds Man Hiding Under Child's Bed For context, Will slapped Chris during a monologue at the Oscars in 2022 after the comedian poked fun at Jada's alopecia diagnosis. In a heated moment that dominated the news cycle for the following week, Will abruptly walked on to stage, slapped Chris, returned to his seat and then shouted across the Dolby Theatre, 'Keep my wife's name out of your f--king mouth!' On the track, Will, DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone play customers at a barbershop arguing about whether Will is still relevant following the scandal. 'Him and Jada both crazy, girl, what you talkin' about?' one sings, before another adds, directly alluding to Will's slap controversy, 'You better keep his wife's name outta your mouth.' Later Jazzy Jeff also sings, 'I heard he won the Oscar but had to give it back, and you know they only made him do that s--t because he's Black.' In the aftermath, Will did not actually have to return his Oscar, which he won for his portrayal of Serena Williams and Venus Williams' father Richard Williams in King Richard. However, he was banned from all Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events, including the Oscars, for 10 years following the scandal. In a statement to E! News at the time, Will—who apologized publicly to Chris following the ceremony—said, 'I accept and respect the Academy's decision.' However, he seemed to have cooled on the Academy barring him in another track 'You Lookin' For Me?' where he sings, 'My s--t still hot even though I won't get nominated.' Along with the other singers featured on the Based on a True Story track, Will also alludes to rumors about his marriage as well as raising his kids Trey, 32, Jaden, 26, and Willow, 24. 'Who the f--k Will Smith think he is?' he continues. 'And that boy damn crazy how he raising them kids.' Later he repeats the first part of the line, but instead concludes, 'He only still relevant because of his kids.' The verses, of course, allude to Willow and Jaden's status in pop culture and their feelings of exclusion from the Black community for their self expression, which Willow discussed during a 2020 episode of Red Table Talk. 'With the African American community, I kind of felt like me and Jaden were shunned a little bit,' Willow said during the episode, adding of what she felt from others, ''We're not gonna take pride in them because they're too different. They're too weird.'' And, following Jada revealing she and Will had been 'separated' for years in 2023, Will added of his continued defense of Jada in 'Int. Barbershop-Day,' also singing, 'I heard he down bad.' Still, Will maintains an elusive response to where the couple stands on the following track, singing, 'Personal life with my wife? Mind your business, it's complicated.' For a look back and Will and Jada's romance, keep reading…Entanglement2022 OscarsSeparation News For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
