偷心黑馬 威爾·史密斯

Very few performers have had as much success transitioning from the music scene to acting as Will Smith has.Being in the entertainment scene since the late 80s， today， Smith is one of the most recognized and esteemed performers and producers in the industry.

很少有演員能像威爾·史密斯這樣成功地從音樂藝人轉型為演員。作為80年代的娛樂明星，史密斯是今日娛樂界最受認可和尊敬的演員和制片人之一。

Will Smith was born Willard Christopher Smith Jr on September 25th， 1968 in Philadelphia， Pennsylvania.He attended Overbrook High School in Winfield Pennsylvania， which is where he soon became known to his friends as \"The Prince，\" for his charming antics.Little did he know that this nickname would still have meaning over 30 years later.

威爾·史密斯，即小維拉德·克里斯托弗·史密斯于1968年9月25日出生在賓夕法尼亞州的費城。他的高中是在賓夕法尼亞州勝地的歐弗布魯克中學度過的，在那里，正是因為他費城西部圓潤的口音比任何一個真正皇室的人都更有魅力，所以他很快就成了朋友們眾所周知的“王子”，但他卻不會想到這個綽號在30年后還有意義。

At the early age of 12， Smith began rapping and developing his own style under the influence of hip-hop legend， Grandmaster Flash.Four years later， at only 16， he met Jeff Townes， also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff， who he eventually collaborated with under the title， Fresh Prince.The two produced a number of songs including the worldwide hit， Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble， and in 1989， the duo won their first Grammy for Best Rap Performance for Parents Just Don't Understand.Shortly thereafter， they won another Grammy in 1991 for Summertime . DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince continued to make music together until their final album， Code Red， which was released in 1993.Even though this was the end for the rap duo， Smith re-emerged as a solo artist in 1997 with his debut LP， Big Willie Style and continues to make and produce music today.

12歲時，在嘻哈傳奇人物——Grandmaster Flash的影響下，史密斯開始說唱并發展了自己的風格。4年后，只有16歲的他遇見了杰夫·湯恩斯，又稱為爵士·DJ·杰夫，史密斯正是與他合作曲名為《新鮮王子》的歌曲。兩人還合作了一些世界著名的歌曲，如《女孩就是麻煩》，以及在1989年，兩人奪得了第一個格萊美獎最佳說唱表現獎的歌曲——家長，《只是不明白》。此后不久，他們又以一曲《消夏》拿下了1991年格萊美獎。爵士·DJ·杰夫和“新鮮王子”繼續一起做音樂，直到在1993年推出了二人的最后專輯《紅色代碼》。即使這意味著雙人說唱的結束，但在1997年史密斯作為獨奏藝術家重新，推出專輯ＬＰ，Big Willie Style，并繼續制作音樂。

Prior to his debut as a solo artist， Will Smith had already made a name for himself in the acting realm.In 1990， Will Smith was cast in the NBC sitcom， The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air， which starred Smith as the \"Fresh Prince，\" a young street-smart kid from Philly living in one of LA's wealthiest areas， Bel-Air.The family comedy proved to be a great success running for six years and giving Smith a name in the industry.

在他成為舞臺獨奏藝術家之前，史密斯已經在演藝圈里創下大名。1990年，威爾·史密斯主演了NBC電視情景喜劇《貝萊爾的新鮮王子》，其中史密斯飾演“新鮮王子” 。他是生活在費城的一個富人區——貝萊爾的一個年輕而又有小聰明的孩子。家庭喜劇一播就是6年，取得了巨大的成功，并讓史密斯在演藝圈里一舉成名。

It wasn't long before the movie offers came rolling in.His role in the Oscar-nominated film， Six Degrees of Separation， garnered him international respect after proving to the world that he could play more than the comical Fresh Prince.This eventually led to the 1995 box-office hit， Bad Boys， which was one of the first-ever action films to feature two black lead actors.

不久之后，片約便接踵而來。《六級分裂》使他獲得奧斯卡獎提名，他不僅獲得了世界的尊重，而且也向世界證明他不只可以演較滑稽的新鮮王子。這也最終促使他主演了1995年的票房大戲《壞男孩》，這是第一部由兩個黑人名星主演的動作片。

After Bad Boys， things only got better for Will Smith.He starred in over a dozen films including Independence Day (1996)， Men in Black (1997)， Enemy of the State (1998)， Ali (2001)， I， Robot (2004)， and the Pursuit of Happyness (2006) to name a few.Over the span of his acting career， he's won 28 awards and has been nominated for 49 others including two Oscar nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Ali and in The Pursuit of Happyness.

演過《壞男孩》之后，事情對于史密斯來說總是萬事順意的。他主演過十幾部片子包括《獨立日》（1996年）在《黑衣男人》（ 1997年） 《國家敵人》（1998年） 《阿里》（2001）《我》《機器人》（2004） 和《追求幸福》（2006），僅舉幾例。在他的演藝生涯中，他獲得了28種獎項， 49項提名獎，其中包括他在《阿里》和《追求幸福》中的出色表演而兩次獲得奧斯卡最佳表演演員提名。

After successfully conquering the music and film industries， Will Smith has taken on the new role as producer.With the help of partner James Lassiter， Smith recently launched Overbrook Entertainment， a film and television production company that also does artist management.Since its birth， Overbrook has produced several box office hits including I， Robot， Hitch， and the most recent， The Pursuit of Happyness.

威爾·史密斯成功征服音樂和電影行業后，又嘗試做制作人。在拍擋James Lassiter的幫助下，史密斯最近創辦了歐弗布魯克娛樂公司——集電影、電視制作及藝人經理人公司。從歐弗布魯克娛樂公司成立之日起，已制作了幾個票房大戲，包括《我》《機器人》《全民情敵》，以及最近期的《追求幸福》 。

愛鏈culture

1. Street smarts 是在一些不安全的街道上懂得如何應付的能力和本領。要是一個人有 street smarts， 那他就懂得怎樣在大城市里那些比較不安全的街道上對付各種情況，甚至還可能在這種環境下發財。

2.Grandmaster Flash起初并未與rapper合作過，但與他第一個合作的rapper就是傳奇人物Kurtis Blow。之后他就招集人手組成了the Furious Five，成員包括Melle Mel， Cowboy ， Kid Creole ， Mr. Ness aka Scorpio和Rahiem。不久他們就紅遍了紐約的大街小巷，這不僅是因為Grandmaster Flash出神入畫的技術，還因為the Furious Five的rapping。雖然他們的專輯得到的評價普遍都不高，但Grandmaster Flash和他的the Furious Five為HIP HOP做出的貢獻是無人能否定的。Grandmaster Flash現在仍活越在圈內，并受到人們的尊敬。

◆編輯：盧巖