The sixty fifth Grammy Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop, however Will Smith was absent from the tribute. According to Questlove, quoted by ‘Variety’, Smith was initially speculated to be part of the tribute however needed to again out as a result of his ‘Bad Boys 4’ manufacturing commitments.
“I’ll give the spoiler alert away. Will Smith was a part of the festivities tonight, but they started shooting ‘Bad Boys 4’ this week,” Questlove instructed Marc Malkin of ‘Variety’ on the purple carpet. “There were a lot of preliminary shots that he had to do, so we had to lose Will.”
Questlove went on to say that he knew getting Will Smith for the tribute was “a shot in the dark”, as a result of the actor is “always shooting movies”.
The four-time Grammy winner instructed ‘Variety’ that the celebration “had a lot of people, and some of them have other jobs,” including that Ice-T, Queen Latifah and L.L. Cool J have been taking part within the tribute however needed to “leave their respective shows” to affix the celebration.
The unique tribute, Questlove stated, was going to be 23 minutes lengthy, nevertheless it had been reduce all the way down to 14 minutes. “It’s going to be amazing,” he promised viewers of ‘Variety’ from the purple carpet.
Will Smith introduced ‘Bad Boys 4’ earlier this week in a video along with his franchise co-star Martin Lawrence, who proclaimed, “It’s about that time!”
Smith most just lately starred in ‘Emancipation‘ and won the Academy Award for best lead actor last year for his role in ‘King Richard’. Immediately after he slapped presenter Chris Rock stay onstage on the Oscars 2022, Questlove received the Academy Award for finest documentary for ‘Summer of Soul’.
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