Why it matters: This isn't just Smith returning to rap after 20 years. It's a public reckoning — pain, shame and spiritual ...

Will Smith's first album since 2005, 'Based on a True Story,' is full of self-help talk and a cocky sense of self-forgiveness ...

Will Smith has officially returned to music with the release of Based on a True Story, his first studio album in two decades.

Will Smith could have let his infamous Oscar slap be his cinematic fade out with a career bruised, a marriage dissected and a ...

Will Smith returns to his roots as The Fresh Prince for his first music album in 20 years. Does the rapper-turned-actor still ...

Smith had preempted the new album with the singles "Beautiful Scars" with Big Sean, "First Love," You Can Make It," "Tantrum, ...

Among the topics mentioned on Smith's new album is his first Oscar win in 2022 and the now-infamous incident in which he ...

In his song 'You Lookin’ for Me?,' Smith raps, 'Won’t stop, my s--- still hot/ Even though I won’t get nominated' ...

Smith released his first album in 20 years after a lengthy rollout and ahead of his first-ever headlining tour.

Will Smith officially steps back into the global music scene. Today, on March 28, 2025, he has released Based on a True Story ...

Will Smith’s new album, 'Based on a True Story', marks his return to hip-hop, but genre may not have room for legacy acts or ...

Will Smith wastes no time addressing his Chris Rock Oscars slap on new album “Based on a True Story,” which released on ...