Will Smith to Headline France’s Positiv Pageant

Will Smith has been tapped to headline France’s Positiv Pageant subsequent yr. The actor-rapper will carry out July 31 on the Roman Theatre of Orange situated in southeast France, organizers introduced Tuesday. It’ll be his first efficiency within the nation.

Smith, who gave listeners Nineteen Nineties hits like “Males in Black,” “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,” and “Summertime,” has begun to carve his long ago into the tune trade. Smith gave an extraordinary efficiency on the 2024 BET Awards in June, appearing his new unmarried “You Can Make It” along Fridayy, Sunday Provider Choir, and wonder visitor Kirk Franklin. The efficiency marked Smith’s go back to the rap recreation, as he suggested listeners to overcoming private struggles and face adversity. He launched his closing album, Misplaced and Discovered, again in 2005.

“Via a few of my darkest moments, tune has all the time been there for me — to boost me and lend a hand me develop,” Smith wrote on Instagram forward of the June 28 liberate of “You Can Make It.” “It’s my humble want that it may well do the similar for you and produce you the entire pleasure and lightweight you deserve.”

The next month, Smith launched lure observe “Paintings of Artwork,” together with his son Jaden Smith and New Jersey rapper Russ, together with a tune video filmed in Los angeles Velada Del Año 4 on the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. His choice to step out of rap retirement follows the actor’s notorious look on the 2022 Academy Awards the place he slapped Chris Rock, ahead of accepting his Highest Actor Oscar later that night for his function in King Richard.

Following the incident, Smith starred as a runaway slave in Emancipation (2022), and previous this yr returned to the massive display for Dangerous Boys: Trip or Die, along Martin Lawrence.