Celebrity I Chose to Write About

Will Smith

The person I am writing about is Willard Carrol Smith, Jr. A.K.A. Will Smith. Will was born on September 25, 1968 in West Philadelphia. Will Smith was raised Baptist and attended Overbrook High School. One thing that is pretty neat about Will is that he did not apply to college but his mom’s friend worked in the admissions office of Massachusetts Institute of Technology which would have given him a high chance of getting into MIT. Although he did not want to go to college, Will wanted to build a career in the rap industry. He gained a lot of success in the rapping industry back then and went by the name of “The Fresh Prince”. Will received a contract by NBC to become an actor for the famous sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” at age 28 (1990-1996). The production of the show was the start of his acting career. Will never thought that he would become an actor but he had no choice because of the bankruptcy stage he went through that got him a contract NBC. Will went into bankruptcy because he spent his money freely in 1988 and 1989 and the Internal Revenue Service assessed Will with a $2.8 million tax debt. In other words, NBC saved Will’s career and pulled him out of bankruptcy.  With all that being said, Will wanted to study the film industry and set a goal to be the most powerful actor in the world. Coincidentally,  he has established himself as a “Powerful Actor”.