Will Smith

Person · 8 cases · 2014–2024 · American actor, film producer and rapper

How Will Smith spread

Smith spread from humorous, hit-making rap into television and blockbuster films, then drew renewed attention through the 2022 Oscars slap.

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Entertainment 6 · Culture 1, Technology 1
Wikipedia views a month, from Jul 201520162018202020222024202619861990199619 yrsMost readMar 2022 · 2.9M viewsOpenAI Sora reveal · Carried it · Feb 19, 2024Entanglement · Answered · Jul 23, 2020The Matrix · Kept it going · Sep 1, 2019Old Town Road · Carried it · Apr 1, 2019Drake In My Feelings · Carried it · Jul 12, 2018In My Feelings Challenge · Carried it · Jul 12, 2018Duck Army · Kept it going · Oct 15, 2015Evolution of Dance · Kept it going · Feb 1, 2014Start1986New audience1990Milestone1996PeakMar ’22AudioTVBox officeInstagramYouTube

  1. 1986

    StartAudio

    DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released their first single, launching Smith's public music career. web.archive.org

  2. 1990

    New audienceTV

    NBC built The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air around Smith, bringing his career to television audiences. en.wikipedia.org

  3. 1996

    MilestoneBox office

    Independence Day became a major box-office success and established Smith as a leading film draw. boxofficemojo.com

  4. 2022

    PeakMar · TV

    Smith's onstage slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards triggered extensive coverage and criticism. npr.org

Drake In My Feelings

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Drake - In My Feelings

393M streams

OpenAI Sora reveal

Carried it

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Still from Sora's separate night-time Tokyo walk demo, catalogued by Commons as public-domain algorithmic output.

13.8K Wikipedia views in a day

In My Feelings Challenge

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Shiggy 🇬🇩 on Instagram: "#Mood : KEKE Do You Love Me ? 😂😂😂 @champagnepapi #DoTheShiggy #InMyFeelings"

7M views

The Matrix

Kept it going

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Official poster for The Matrix with Neo, Trinity and Morpheus

$472.4M box office

Duck Army

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Kevin Synnes on Instagram: "The original video... Husk lyd! :D for licensing / usage, please contact licensing@viralhog.com #duckarmy #viralhog #funny #biltema #kristiansand #friday #vacation #ducks…

4M views

Old Town Road

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Old Town Road: cover art

Peaked at #1

Evolution of Dance

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Evolution of Dance

137M views on the video

Entanglement

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39M views · 622K reactions | Jada and Will address the recent headlines and share their journey of finding peace through pain. | Red Table Talk

Peaked at #7

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