Will Smith to perform at the 2024 BET Awards and present new song
Will Smith plays “Miami” in a double-decker bus in Hollywood
Will Smith arrived at the premiere of “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” on a double-decker bus. He and Martin Lawrence “may still have one in us,” he said.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air takes back the microphone.
Will Smith will perform a new song at Sunday’s 2024 BET Awards, the network announced Monday. The show, hosted by Taraji P. Henson, airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET and PT.
Other artists in line for this year’s awards show include Victoria Monét, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Ms. Lauryn Hill and YG Marley, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey and Tyla. BET will also present Usher with the Lifetime Achievement BET Award.
Details about Smith’s new release and appearance are scarce. The Oscar and Grammy winner, who is busy promoting the latest “Bad Boys” franchise, has made a few surprise appearances recently, including at the Coachella festival in April and at the premiere of “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” in Hollywood last month.
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In April, Smith joined J. Balvin onstage to rap his Grammy-winning song “Men In Black” while dressed as his character from the 1997 film.
As he rode up to the premiere of “Ride or Die” in Hollywood last month on a double-decker bus with co-star Martin Lawrence, Smith gave a brief performance of his 1997 song “Miami” as an ode to his character, a Miami Police detective.
Smith’s last single as a lead artist was 2017’s “Get Lit,” although he was recently featured on the Bad Boys: Ride or Die soundtrack with a collaboration with Sean Paul titled “Light Em Up.”
Before his acting career began with “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and reached a major milestone in 2022 with an Oscar win for “King Richard” (a moment that was overshadowed by his slap on host Chris Rock earlier in the ceremony onstage), Smith won four Grammy Awards as a rapper.
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In 1989, he won the award for Best Rap Performance for “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” which was featured on DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s second album, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. Three years later, he and DJ Jazzy Jeff, aka Jeff Townes, won in the same category for their song “Summertime.”
Smith won the award for Best Rap Solo Performance twice for “Men In Black” (1998) and “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (1999).
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