It was the slap heard ’around the world. On the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith walked as much as Chris Rock and slapped him throughout the face on dwell tv.
Three years after the slap, Smith is addressing the infamous second on his new album, Based mostly on a True Story.
On the primary observe, Int. Barbershop — Day, the music opens with the road, “Will Smith is canceled.” The music then runs by means of some info, gossip, and rumors about Smith’s profession.
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“I heard he down unhealthy/ I heard he gained the Oscar, however needed to give it again,” the music goes. “And they solely made him do this s— as a result of he’s Black.”
After slapping Rock, Smith was later awarded the perfect performing Oscar for his efficiency in King Richard, a biopic about Richard Williams and his quest to make his daughters, Venus and Serena, skilled tennis stars.
On April 1, 2022, Smith resigned from the Academy one week after the incident. By resigning, Smith forfeits his voting privileges. Though Smith is banned from the Oscars for 10 years, the Males in Black star can nonetheless be nominated. Smith was by no means requested to return his Oscar.
Int. Barbershop — Day additionally addressed Jada Pinkett, his life accomplice, with whom he shares two kids, Jaden and Willow.
“You want you had a Jada Pinkett subsequent to you / Him and Jada each loopy, lady, what you speaking ‘bout / You higher hold his spouse’s identify out of your mouth,” the music goes.
Whereas presenting the Oscar for Greatest Documentary, Rock joked that Pinkett was making ready for G.I. Jane 2 due to her bald head. Smith took offense to the joke, walked as much as Rock, and slapped him throughout the face.
After sitting again down, Smith mentioned, “Hold my spouse’s identify out of your f—— mouth.”
Launched on Friday, Based mostly on a True Story is Smith’s first solo album since 2005’s Misplaced and Discovered.
