DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2013

First Recording: 1987

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Parents Just Don't Understand (1988)
Yo Home to Bel-Air (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme) (1990)
Summertime (1991)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince @ Wikipedia

Will DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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If they are even nominated, let alone win, I will personally take a crap on Dave Marsh's car!

Posted by Cat Raped with a Blender on Friday, 01/11/2013 @ 16:33pm


forget what I said back then, these guys deserve in just for the fresh prince, best theme tune ever.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 02/19/2013 @ 15:16pm


let me tell you a story of how
my life got twisted turned up side down
when my parents didn't understand
and i thought i could beat Mike Tyson
then i found out Girls Aint Nothing but Trouble
in the Summertime
WORD UP!

Posted by john on Tuesday, 08/27/2013 @ 14:22pm


Maybe Jazzy Jeff as a non performer... But Will Smith... No just no

Posted by Michael on Tuesday, 05/13/2014 @ 14:48pm


Yes they do!!!! It is the responsibility of the hall of fame to tell the music history of the world accurately and truth fully. And these guys, just like a rapper by the name of Schoolly D in Philly; changed things in a major way. Nobody would scratch the way they do if it wasn' t 4 Jeff! He is the magnificent. They were the ultimate mc and dj duo. In fact, they were the 1' s who truly made it a thing on wax as a duo. A dj who wasn' t just doing lame cameos. Jeff made those turntables sing. He was Hendrix on turntables. And Will was a great story teller, could free style battle ( top of his head), he could switch up with street battle, funk and funny story rhymes. He was creative, while others front like they didn' t have personalities and were all hard. Will was fresh, not scared 2 take a chance and it worked! Will can rap! Try him and u will find out. Did u really listen 2 those early albums or are y' all just taking on others view points? People were stealing their sound after a while, even ur hardest rappers were biting them, because they had hits by just being them! Not some persona. Induct them and Schoolly D who was the 1st of the gangsta rhymers Psk. Tell the truth about music Hall of Fame, not just what' s popular. Tell the story properly.

Posted by K on Thursday, 01/18/2018 @ 21:39pm


Do your homework before you make your opinion. Great duo.

Posted by Gator on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 09:51am


Will Smith won his Oscar. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince for Hall of Fame as Early Influence Class of 2023. Horrorcore in the Hall back to back years.

Posted by mat r on Sunday, 03/27/2022 @ 22:13pm


DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh PrinceDJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh PrinceYes, I'm just speaking facts. Will Smith is the GOAT he's a positive role model a great person a fun loving kind hearted and a well rounded person he's very smart very intellectual funny charismatic he has that cool suave swagger he's very well spoken philosopher philanthropist humanitarian he achieved greatness that no one be able to accomplish he has a lot impact on people and the culture all over the world. The list goes on and on on what this dude be able to accomplish through out his life and career he worked his butt off to get where he's at he has blazed and pioneered a trail that no one will ever be able to match he won multiple Grammy's MULTIPLE AMA'S Sold over 80 million albums worldwide one of his albums Big Willie Style went Diamond etc he won the first rap Grammy his movies gross over $10 billion worldwide at the box office and he won an Oscar he's the 5th black actor to win best lead actor . He's been a public figure for almost 4 decades he took music and hip-hop to another level. The first hip-hop artist in history to have his own prime-time sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air He's a global icon, a living legend. Will Smith created a lot of timeless classics songs and movies he's a phenomenal lyricist storyteller and staged performancer He raps with versatility and bars in his songs he has bops, bars, club joints and introspective songs. He delivers with bars that fuse humor and real-life scenarios. He has range he can do comedy, drama, play an action hero, sci-fi movies, etc he's the only movie star in history to have 8 consecutive movies gross over $100 million domestically and 11 consecutive movies gross over $150 million internationally. There will never be another Will Smith he deserves all the flowers he gets while he's here Smith has often been noted for achieving groundbreaking success throughout his musical career, and with his work as an actor in television and film. He has been cited as one of the "greatest actors" of all time. Forbes referred to him as the "biggest movie star of the post-9/11 era. His transition from music to acting has influenced multiple rappers to also become actors, with him being cited as a pioneer for the rappers crossing over into acting by Complex. In 2006, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world; in 2008, Esquire named him one of the 75 most influential people of all time

Posted by GL Cummings on Monday, 04/22/2024 @ 07:31am


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