Philadelphia’s most celebrated Hip Hop duo officially stepped onto the scene when DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince released their debut album Rock The House. Dropped in 1987 on the Jive and RCA ...

It’s easy to see the appeal of the recent wave of seminal alt-rock band reunions just fine. For the bands, there’s money to be made, oftentimes more money than the band made on its first go-around; I ...

We always thought that Jazzy Jeff got the raw end of the deal when he parted ways with that freaky-bubbly dude who went on to take TV by storm as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, then conquered Hollywood ...

Jeffrey Allen Townes, better known as DJ Jazzy Jeff, has been spinning records professionally since 1985. One half of the Grammy-winning duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, alongside Will Smith, he ...

But Jazzy Jeff got it backwards — in the late '80s and early '90s, he and his emcee partner The Fresh Prince were catalysts, not apocalyptic-ists. In households nationwide, they may not have kicked ...

Founding member of the 90’s hip-hop group DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, DJ Jazzy Jeff co-wrote “Summertime” and their Grammy Award winning “Parents Just Don’t Understand”. He was also one of the ...

Is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song the biggest hip-hop song in history? DJ Jazzy Jeff thinks so. On Thursday (Jan. 29), 92.3's Big Boi shared a clip of an interview with DJ Jazzy Jeff, where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK--OCTOBER 18: Rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff (aka Jeff Townes) And The Fresh Prince (aka Will Smith) appear in a portrait ...

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince were among the highlights at The Recording Academy’s tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Throughout 2023 we’ve been celebrating 50 years of hip-hop’s ...

Will Smith is looking back at how far he’s come. Before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and a glittering movie career, Smith, 55, was one half of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, with whom he ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released their sophomore LP He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper, now celebrating 38 years as one of the most important and innovative albums in ...

June is Black Music Month and to celebrate, theGrio came up with several Top 12 lists to fit the theme of summer. Did you know that DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince sampled Kool & the Gang on ...