Will Smith References Fallout from Chris Rock Oscar Slap in new album

• Will Smith does not shoot away from his 2022 Oscar’s slap scandal with Chris Rock in his new music
• Smith’s album Based on a true story is out now and urges the actor to be “canceled”
• Texts and aside prompts include more direct references to the infamous slap

Will Smith are not afraid to get into the nice shit of their scandals in their new album Based on a true story.

The Bad boys: ride or die actors, 56, wasted some time to deal with one of his greatest in recent years – his notorious 2022 Oscars Slap by comedians Chris Rock – In the first tracks on his new album.

Smith beat Rock, 60, who presented on stage during the live -show in response to a joke that Rock had done about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith53. The actor then returned to his seat and shouted to rock, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f —— Mouth!”

The opening line for the first song on the album “Int. Barbershop – Day”, a voice could be heard and say, “Will Smith is interrupted” – possibly referred to the media storm he experienced after the incident. Another voice could be heard at another point and said, “I will never forgive him for that — he did.”

Throughout the song with collaborators B. Simone and DJ Jazzy JeffWith which Smith first made his mark in music, other voices could be heard gossip about Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Star, and a few lines referred directly to the event: “Him and Jada both crazy, girl, what you are talking about?/ You should keep his wife’s name out of your mouth.”

Elsewhere in the song, someone else could be heard saying: “I heard he won Oscar but he had to give it back/ and you know they just made him do it — because he is black.”

Smith – who won the 2022 Oscar Prize for best actors for his role in King Richard – did not have to return his award, but he was prohibited to participate All Oscar events for ten years after the incident. He too resigned From the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and at that time he completely accepted “all the consequences for my behavior.”

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In his second song, “You look to me?”, Smith again refers the fall from the event, rapping, “took a lot, I’m back at the top/ y’all gon” must be adapted/ will not end, my S — still hot/ even if I will not be nominated. ”

Based on a true story is Smith’s first album in 20 years since 2005 Lost and found. He first announced that he would release a new album When he revealed his latest single, “beautiful scars,” in January. The track is a collaboration with Big Sean With obanga.

Other previously released singles included in the new entry include “Artwork,” containing his son Jaden Smith and russ, “Tantrum,“With Joyner Lucas and”You can do it“Which Smith performed at 2024 Bet -Award.

On one Teaservideo He shared hours before the album’s release, Smith opened the album together with home videos of him in recent decades. He said: “In recent years I have made a very deep exploration of who and what I really am.”

“The process of this album really allows me to be more honest with myself than I ever have about who and what I actually am,” he continued. “This is about to be the biggest artistic creative period of my entire life.”

Based on a true story Is out now.