Why was Will Smith so poplar with boomers and millennials in the 90's and 2000's?
>>214227989I mean, he did Summertime, fool
>>214227989He perfectly balanced the line between non-threatening to whites while still being hep. His music career is still very underrated in the sense of how it propelled him into a household name too.
He looks like a rubber man.
>>214227989He was a black guy who was about having fun. In contrast to other rappers who were spending their time feuding and doing drive bys on one another. He got real close to ghetto dumbfuckery while still maintaining himself as an upstanding gentleman. It worked for him for a long time
>>214227989He fit the zeitgeist
>>214227989Will was the nice guy. He wasn't dangerous or cool like Tupac. He was just non threatening enough to whites that they would allow him into their homes.
>>214227989He was introduced to mainstream via a wholesome sitcom similar to the already beloved Cosby show. From there, he was cast as an action hero as well. So, you have this guy who could dance and be funny, who could kick ass and be believable, and also a good actor (like the episode with his dad). He deserved the love.
>>214228428>Tupac>dangerousFucking lol. Studio gangsters aren’t dangerous, now here comes my left blow.
>>214228631Dre day only meant Eazy’s payday.
>>214227989Why do you faggot fucks always leave out my generation, Gen X? He was more popular with my generation considering he’s a Gen X’er as well. Fucking hate you millennials involving your dumbshit generation into everything.
>>214228631You know what he meant retard. Nobody knew he did ballet dancing everyone thought he was a legitimate gangster because that’s the image the media sold. Even if it was just a character at the start he did get way too invested in it and ended up dying because of it
>>214228682Will Smith is and always was a fucking joke. I was born in the late 70s btw.
>>214228705Literally nobody thought he was a legitimate gangster, everyone knew he went to juliard. Him, Dre, Snoop, all fucking fakes. The most dangerous rapper in the 90s was Hammer.
>>214228682Because, polesmoker, genX saw through Will Smith as a pussy writing bullshit like "Parents Just Don't Understand" while the real ones were writing "Wild Thang"How the hell did you manage not to die of HIV
>>214228705You do know the internet existed in to 90s right, everyone on the rap message boards knew Tubesock was a faggot
>>214228705Lol, he larped his way into beef with actually dangerous people. Biggie was legit. Fucking idiot.
>>214227989You actually had to seek out gossip back in the day, you weren't exposed to these freak shows 24/7.
>>214228579Also ID4 and Men In Black were high profile fun sci-fi blockbusters, and he was associated with them.
>>214228804>LARPED I mean, I’d imagine it wouldn’t be hard to for him to join a nigger gang like the crips or whatever as opposed to the mafia
>>214228905He would have been a crip the same way this dumb motherfucker was a blood.
>>214227989Was the Sonic the Hedgehog of movies. Attitude but with a friendly smile and no curse words.
why does everyone forget about gen x?
>>214227989who knows?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzExUwnW0Q
Triple threat entertainer. Singing dancing acting. Tons of charisma. Literally the biggest star on the planet for about 5 years. He balanced studio blockbusters and dramatic performances. All films, good and bad, made insane amounts of money. And most of his films were pretty good. Some were amazing. Poor guy fell hard and fast.
>>214228682>Fucking hate you millennialsit's obviously a zoomie thread
>>214227989He made Bryan Gumball look like Malcom X
https://youtu.be/NMeIUNcCUjE
>>214229043I'm personally very much ok with flying under the radar...
>>214228839Yep. Not only they were popular, they were good.I remember people were excited for him at the premiere of the season after ID4. Both the audience and his co stars. Other actor would have left due to his own popularity, he remained with them until the very end.
As an actor I liked him, but as a musician I think he'd be the first artist I would choose to play if I was running Guantanamo Bay around 2002.
>>214228748>lol everyone thought all these rapperswho sold millions and are still relevant today were actually a jokeSure thing, buddy
>>214228748Isn't Snoop an actual crip?
>>214228682Most of your lame faggot generation died of AIDS and you will too.
>>214229364Yes.
>>214228017This
>>214229368Oh you mean Ryan White? The only notable Gen X kid that died of it? Let me introduce you to Eazy E, a boomer who died of it too. Retard.
>>214229364Eh kinda, he repped rolling 40s but he never banged or slang. When he did get into beef he had his security handle it. He was a studio gangster.
>>214229595Suge infected Eazy with HIV with a needle. He admitted as much on live TV.
>>214229368Regardless of what women and gays will tell you if you didn’t fuck dudes in the ass you were safe from aids in the 80s and 90s. It was then and is now a faggot disease.
>>214229740He repped the 20sBut yeah you're right his music took off before he had a chance put in actual work
>>214229910You right.
>>214227989americans LOVE black people
