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For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.

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Will Smith
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: September 25
Actor
Beatboxer
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Composer
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Philadelphia
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Fresh Prince
The Fresh Prince
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
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