Fans know exactly where Will Smith came from thanks to the intro lyrics to his song “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” While he was “West Philadelphia, born and raised,” he said he felt “occupied” by the city’s police officers, who called him the “N” word on numerous occasions.
The 51-year-old appeared on the On One with Angela Rye podcast on July 7 and told his political commentator pal about how police “moved with impunity” through the neighborhoods during his youth. “I grew up in Philadelphia.
I grew up under Mayor Rizzo in Philadelphia,” Will stressed. “He went from the chief of police to becoming the mayor, and he had an iron hand.” Frank Rizzo served as police commissioner from 1968 — the year Will was born — to 1971, and was Philly’s
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