Will Smith's name is now forever enshrined on the streets of Philadelphia. On Wednesday, March 26, the Oscar winner, 56, appeared in his hometown to celebrate the city renaming a portion of 59th Street Will Smith Way in honor of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star.
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00:00On behalf of members of city council, we name in the 2000 block of North 59th Street, Will
00:13Smith Way to honor and celebrate the impactful career and legacy of Will Smith, a West Philadelphia
00:20native.
00:21The name the Fresh Prince was coined in that building and Miss Brown, who was the teacher
00:29that made me, I called my chief, she called me Prince and I added the Fresh because it
00:34was hip hop slang.
00:39Nobody gets an easy ride, you know, and that was one of the things these streets of Philadelphia
00:46taught me, that there is nothing wrong with a hard day's work.