Will Smith reveals the advice Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar gave to him before his music comeback

Will Smith salutes the crowd prior to the game between the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on March 26.

A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since, but of course Will Smith actually started out as a rapper back in the more innocent days of old-school hip-hop.

Before Hollywood stardom, even before the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, he and Jazzy Jeff were just another DJ and MC duo scrabbling about in what was a still embryonic scene. Their first single, Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble, was released 39 years ago, believe it or not.