Will Smith: 'Hollywood' Swinging

Ale · December 4, 2007

By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

Like with most of his well-marketed movie projects, Will Smith will just about be everywhere promoting his latest flick 'I Am Legend,' due to arrive in theaters on Dec. 14.

The box-office superstar, who has roots in hip-hop, will be the subject of a one-hour special episode of 'The E! True Hollywood Story' premiering Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. et/pt on the E! Television Network.

According to a production rep, the show will "provide a revealing look in the dynamic life of the entertainment power player and family man featuring interviews with his close friends and co-stars."

"The movie business pays the bills really well, and the music business is more where my heart is, you know, because an album is like a snapshot of your life at that point and time," the former chart-topping rapper said in archival footage featured in the program. "I'll always make records as long as people wanna buy them."

The Philadelphia native the initially came to prominence as one-half of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince in the late 1980s. He then took his persona to the small screen with a starring role in the beloved sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" where for six years fans watched Will mature on screen in the 1990s.

Since launching his movie career in 1993 with 'Made in America' and 'Six Degrees of Separation,' he has repeatedly proven his versatility and box office appeal with blockbusters including 'Independence Day,' 'Men in Black,' 'Bad Boys,' and his Academy Award nominated turns in 'Ali' and "The Pursuit of Happyness.'

And despite his mounting fame, the box office force of nature with that irrepressible boy-next-door charm has managed to stay clear of the tabloids and stay close with wife Jada Pinkett Smith and their growing family.

'The E! True Hollywood Story' plans to chronicle all of this and more.

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