Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith
Smith at Web Summit in 2019
Born
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith

(1998-07-08) July 8, 1998 (age 26)[1]
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • dancer
Years active2002–present
Parents
RelativesWillow Smith (sister)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websitejadensmith.com

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper and actor. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith, he has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist Award. He has received a Grammy Award nomination,[a] and has won two NAACP Image Awards and an Empire Award.

Smith's made his film debut with his father Will in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and he appeared with his father once more in the 2013 film After Earth. He also starred in the remake films The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), along with Keanu Reeves, and The Karate Kid (2010), along with Jackie Chan. Following a three-year hiatus, he returned to acting in 2016, starring in the two-part Netflix series The Get Down, and voice-acting in the company's anime series, Neo Yokio.[7]

As a recording artist, Smith first guest performed on Canadian singer Justin Bieber's 2010 single, "Never Say Never". Released for The Karate Kid's accompanying soundtrack,[8] the song peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and received quintuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He later released multiple mixtapes, including CTV2 (2014). Following a three-year work effort, he signed with Roc Nation and Interscope Records to release his debut studio album, Syre (2017). It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200, while his second and third albums, Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020), peaked at numbers 12 and 44, respectively.[9] In 2022, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Bieber's album Justice.[10]

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  2. ^ Neil Z. Yeung. Jaden Smith at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ Markman, Rob (October 9, 2014). "JADEN SMITH DROPS THE SADDEST SAD SONG OF ALL TIME". MTV. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Jaden Smith's Art Collective MSFTSrep Partners With Roc Nation". XXL. July 14, 2017. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "Gamma. Aligns With Three Six Zero". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "Gamma. Aligns With Three Six Zero". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Neo Yokio is a bad, attempted homage to Jaden Smith's strange Twitter persona". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2018. * Sklar, Samuel Hine, Ben (September 22, 2017). "Exclusive: Jaden Smith Talks 'Neo Yokio' With Ezra Koenig". GQ. Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) * "Netflix's Neo Yokio has the makings of a brilliant anime, but fails the execution". The Verge. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
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  9. ^ "Jaden Smith Reveals 'Cool Tape Vol. 3' Tracklist". Rap-Up. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  10. ^ Billboard Staff (November 23, 2021). "2022 Grammy Nominees: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2021.


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