Will Smith says the “creative” partnership with Alfonso Ribeiro “totally transformed my life”: “Nobody commits that much”

The Oscar winner opened up about the creative partners who impacted his life and career while appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s episode of Vice TV‘s Black comedy in the United States series. Smith’s Lists Jeff Jazzywith whom he performed as part of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the fresh princeand fresh Prince co-star Alfonso Ribeiro as two main influences on his journey to stardom.

“I’ve had a couple of creative relationships that have totally transformed my life,” Smith shared. “The first was Jazzy Jeff, where you meet someone who understands you in a way that other people don’t, and is able to understand you and then create things for you to create and shine and explode. and alfonso [Ribeiro] “He was that guy for sure.”

“When he came to the audition,…