DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince were an American hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consisting of rapper Will Smith (the Fresh Prince) and disc jockey Jeff Townes (DJ Jazzy Jeff) Active full time from 1986 to 1994 and occasionally thereafter, they scored a string of light-hearted, inoffensive, and humorous hit singles The group received the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989 for "Parents Just Don't Understand" (1988), though their most successful single was "Summertime" (1991), which earned the group their second Grammy and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Will Smith and Jeff Townes have remained close friends and claim that they never split up, having made songs together under Smith's solo performer credit DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince have sold over 55 million albums in the US They also performed together as recently as September 2019Full Wikipedia article: https://enwikipediaorg/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff_%26_the_Fresh_PrinceStudio albumsRock the House (1987)He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)And in This Corner
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