The Greatest Scenes of All Time on Instagram: "Happy 57th Birthday Will Smith 👏🏻 . . Will Smith’s story is wild. He kicked off as a rapper in the late ’80s with DJ Jazzy Jeff, dropping fun, clean hits like Parents Just Don’t Understand. Then the IRS hit him hard, and acting became his big pivot. His real break? The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. That show wasn’t just funny—it showed he had serious acting chops (that scene with his dad still stings). From there, he owned the ‘90s. Bad Boys made him a