'Bad Boys' star Will Smith took over Hollywood as hip-hop took over the world

Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MSNBC Daily.

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” hitting the screens this week is a reminder that just a few months ago, the son of a certain rapper-turned-actor revealed an amusing ignorance of the career trajectory of “Bad Boys” co-lead Will Smith. In a viral late-2023 video, King Harris and his father, the rapper T.I., were responding to the question: Who is the “GOAT actor turned rapper?” When T.I.

Those castings and a filmography that includes “Snakes on a Plane” makes Jackson’s high-mindedness ring a bit hollow. There were an untold number of discussions last year about the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, but Smith’s return to the big screen around its 51st anniversary is another illustration that hip-hop has influenced Hollywood just as much as it has influenced music, dance and fashion.

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