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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Will Smith Is Producing a TV Show Based on His Rise to Rap Stardom as the Fresh Prince · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Will Smith made the jump from emceeing to acting after
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  Speaker 2: getting his start alongside his best friend DJ as the
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  Speaker 2: rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince and
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  Speaker 2: will now get a firsthand account of their early days
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  Speaker 2: chasing fame. It's a new scripted series based on their
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  Speaker 2: real stories called 215.
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  Speaker 3: Which is the area code of Will and Jeff's hometown
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  Speaker 3: of Philadelphia. And according to Deadline, this show will follow
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  Speaker 3: a quick-witted teenager, a.k.a. Will, his DJ BFF, and their
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  Speaker 3: crew of friends as they try to make their dreams
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  Speaker 3: of rap stardom come true.
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  Speaker 4: And it's actually going to be a period piece taking
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  Speaker 4: place in the late 80s when hip-hop exploded in Philly.
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  Speaker 2: It's interesting that this is actually the second show born
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  Speaker 2: out of Will Smith's early career. First one being Bel-Air,
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  Speaker 2: which was a reimagined version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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  Speaker 2: His company, Will's company, Westbrook Studios, developing 215. As soon
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  Speaker 2: as we know more, we'll tell you about it.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.