The Grammy Awards held on February 2, 2025, welcomed Will Smith at the award stadium 3 years after the famous Oscar Slap.
Will Smith appeared in Grammys with an emotional tribute to the longtime friend Quincy Jones who died in November 2024.
The 56 -year -old rapper and celebrity honored the Grammy winner at 28 times: “During the last year, we lost one of the most revolutionary and influential figures of our time: Quincy Jones. Known to friends around the world simply as Q. ”
He added: “During his 91 years, q touched countless lives, but I must say that he has changed mine forever. You probably wouldn’t even know who Will Smith was if it was not for Quincy Jones. Quincy has made so many great music, on several genres, sounds even more, producing the best of legends. »»
Quincy Jones paved the way in Smith in Hollywood by throwing him The fresh prince of Bel Air Long -race sitcom on NBC.
THE Alladdin The actor and singer won 4 Grammy in his name and made a return to a 3 -year award ceremony after slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars in 2022 for making a joke on the hair loss of his Woman Jada Smith. This was followed by the Academy announcing that Smith would be prohibited from Oscar ceremonies for 10 years.