Smith then talks in character about the moment that led him to be banned from the Oscars for a decade, when he slapped Rock during the live television broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony.

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards *Will Smith has reflected on his decade-long ban from the Oscars following his infamous onstage slap of Chris Rock during the 2022 ...

Of course, three years ago while Rock was presenting at the Academy Awards, Will Smith slapped him onstage during the live show in response to a joke Rock had made about Jada Pinkett Smith.

It’s been 20 years since Will Smith released an album. But just three years since the rapper/actor famously slapped comedian Chris Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock later addressed ...

He walked up on stage and slapped Rock, an act which earned Smith a decade-long ban from the Academy Awards. His new album, “Based on a True Story,” includes the track “Int. Barbershop ...

Will Smith addresses his notorious Oscars slap head-on in his first new album in 20 years, ‘Based on a True Story’ ...

Will Smith's career hit an all-time low at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony when the Men in Black star slapped Chris Rock on the stage for insulting his estranged wife, but now the ...

The biggest irony in Smith’s artistic pivot is that no one mentions the slap anymore, let alone writes a full song about how people think Smith is “whack.” You know things are bad when the moment that ...