Will Smith's upcoming memoir, 'Will,' is scheduled to debut on November 9. Will and Jaden Smith attend an 'After Earth' press conference in Tokyo, Japan. "The shit-talking was that I wasn't a 'real MC' or - the words - that I wasn't 'Black enough' and my music wasn't 'real hip-hop. Will Smith says his 'heart shattered' when son Jaden Smith asked about becoming an emancipated minor at 15. "I didn't curse I rapped about my high school experiences I used a lot of humor," he said. The inspirational memoir titled WILL is set to be published by. In his book, Smith wrote that "the chorus of criticism that I was 'corny' and 'soft'" increased as he became popular in the music industry as part of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. In his memoir, Will Smith has also discussed complicated father-son dynamics - the moment he thought about killing his violent, abusive father to 'avenge' his mother, and the time Will and. Actor Will Smith revealed the title and cover of his upcoming autobiography on Saturday.
The cover was designed by New Orleans-based visual artist Brandan BMike Odums.
"In their minds, I was somehow an illegitimate artist they would call me 'soft,' 'whack,' 'corny,' a 'bubblegum rapper,' criticisms that violently infuriated me." The 352-page memoir, which Smith wrote in collaboration with The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck author Mark Manson, was first announced by Penguin Random House back in 2018. "My story was very different from the ones being told by the young Black men who were launching the global phenomenon that would later become hip-hop," he said. The actor's mother, Carolyn Bright, "was one of the first Black women to ever study at Carnegie Mellon University," Smith wrote in his memoir. His father, Willard Smith Sr., was a "hustler" and US Air Force veteran who used a military style when parenting, Smith said. Smith was born and raised in West Philadelphia. Yes, a recurring theme in Smiths memoir-which he has written with able help from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck author, Mark Manson-is the constant tussle between the invincible Hollywood star and the coward buried under layers of overcompensation and fake bravado. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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