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Will smith introduced flames and religion to the stage on the BET Awards on Sunday.
Smith returned to his music roots with the debut of his new music, “You Can Make It.” That includes Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir, Smith rapped about perseverance within the gospel-infused music.
“The darker the hell you gotta endure / The brighter the heaven you get to take pleasure in / The more durable the autumn, the upper you soar,” Smith rapped, surrounded by pyrotechnic fireplace on the stage. “God opens a window when the satan closes the door / Imagine me, they tried to bleed Will Smith / Within the rearview, I see adversity was the present / To carry me greater items requires religion.”
Smith’s efficiency on the BET Awards follows his shock Coachella look in April, when he confirmed up throughout J Balvin’s set for a rowdy rendition of his monitor “Males In Black,” which was initially launched at the side of his hit 1997 film of the identical identify.
The “Independence Day” star’s new music is his first solo materials in over 5 years, teeing up his first main music launch since his “Misplaced and Discovered” album from 2005.
In recent times Smith has often collaborated with different artists, together with Dangerous Bunny and Marc Anthony. He dropped the EDM single “Get Lit” in 2017 and in addition launched the monitor “Light ‘Em Up” with Sean Paul, which is on the soundtrack for his new movie, “Dangerous Boys: Experience or Die.”
Smith is a four-time Grammy-winning artist, within the rap efficiency class each solo and as a part of a duo or group. His first win was for the 1988 music “Mother and father Simply Don’t Perceive,” which he carried out alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff because the Recent Prince.
The pair additionally received for his or her 1992 monitor “Summertime.” As a solo artist, Smith received back-to-back rap efficiency Grammys in 1998 for “Males In Black,” after which “Gettin’ Jiggy with It” the next yr.