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DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

American hip hop group
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Summary

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince is a musical duo[1]. It draws 1,088 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #97 of 787).[2]

Key Facts

  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance[3].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist[5].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video[6].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album[7].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group[8].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's instance of is recorded as musical duo[9].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is hip-hop[10].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is pop rap[11].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is disco[12].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is funk[13].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is hip house[14].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is electro hop[15].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is new-school hip-hop[16].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is rhythm and blues[17].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is East Coast hip-hop[18].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's genre is golden age hip-hop[19].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's record label is recorded as Jive Records[20].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's discography is recorded as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince discography[21].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince comprises DJ Jazzy Jeff[23].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince comprises Will Smith[24].
  • 1985 marks the founding of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince[25].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's location of formation is recorded as West Philadelphia[26].
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1985[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1994[31]

  • Genre(s): hip hop, pop rap[32]

  • Community tags: hip hop, pop rap[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a663d7d0-754b-40e2-9ea3-3c6c39fd5937[34]

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Founding

1985 marks the founding of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince[25]. Its location of formation is recorded as West Philadelphia[26].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance[3], a class of award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1989[37]; American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4], a class of award[38], in United States[39], founded in 1989[40]; American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist[5], a class of award[41], in United States[42], founded in 1989[43]; MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video[6], a class of award[44]; Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album[7], a class of award[45]; and Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group[8], a class of award[46].

Why It Matters

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince draws 1,088 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #97 of 787).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance[3], American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4], American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist[5], and MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video[6].

Related Entities

Jive Records United States Will Smith

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Metadataguy · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith
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  2. 8w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nme artist id → dj-jazzy-jeff-and-the-fresh-prince
    Genre → —
    Record label → Jive Records
    Location of formation → West Philadelphia
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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