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- As a duo, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince had several gold and platinum-selling albums and singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, earning them the first rap Grammy Award ever presented in 1989 for "Parents Just Don't Understand". At the time of winning the Grammy Award, DJ Jazzy Jeff came home crying as he had just $500 in the bank.
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The group received the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989 for "Parents Just Don't Understand" (1988), though their most successful single was "Summertime" (1991), which earned the group their second Grammy and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The group received the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989 for "Parents Just Don't Understand", though their most successful single was "Summertime" which earned the group their second Grammy and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Career. Acting. DJ Jazzy Jeff in Hamburg, Germany in 2002.
Read more about D.J. Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince GRAMMY History and other GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated artists on GRAMMY.com.
Dec 8, 2023 · Ahead of their much-anticipated reunion on the CBS special "A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop," take a look at the groundbreaking ways DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince bolstered the power of the hip-hop duo.
For the latest episode of GRAMMY Rewind, we celebrate legendary hip-hop producer DJ Jazzy Jeff's birthday (Jan. 22) by revisiting his and Will Smith's win fo...
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Billboard is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by taking a look at some of music's most successful Black artists. Up next, the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff. T...
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Feb 22, 2023 · On February 22, 1989, the Grammys finally recognized rap as a genre when Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince won the first-ever Grammy. Because the category (Best Rap Performance) would not be televised, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince led a boycott of the ceremony which included Salt-N-Pepa and LL COOL J who were also nominated in the category.
