Fats Joe actually wished to get Will Smith on stage on the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards, however in the end they only weren’t in a position to make it occur.
The Terror Squad rapper served as host of the annual present this yr (for the second yr in a row), in addition to an govt producer. Taped final week in Atlanta, the present will air on Tuesday (October 10) on BET.
Forward of its premiere, Joey spoke to PEOPLE about his [failed] makes an attempt to ebook the Contemporary Prince for a Hip Hop 50 tribute.
“You recognize who I didn’t efficiently get was Will Smith,” he informed the publication in a dialog revealed on Monday (October 9). “I used to be actually attempting to get Will Smith to come back out and do ‘Summer time Time’. He’s filming Unhealthy Boys, however we tried. We attempt to pull off a miracle if we will. We attempt to pull a cloud out of the sky.”
Elsewhere, he spoke on what to anticipate from this yr’s present and the way it’s a significant milestone for him. “It’s going to be sick,” he stated. “General it’s a dream come true for me. It’s the second yr I’m doing the Hip Hop awards, however I all the time assume again to being in junior excessive and doing the expertise exhibits after which Apollo Theater Beginner Evening and all of it results in this. And so it’s an honor for me.”
He continued: “I’m competing with the ladies now. The fellows aren’t bringing their A-game anymore. So I’m getting tremendous fly. I get to alter eight instances [during the show]. I’m all about my style.”
Fats Joe and Will Smith return some years, and the previous known as Will “a phenomenal particular person” amid his notorious slapping incident with Chris Rock on the 2022 Academy Awards.
“It’s unhappy as a result of Will is such a phenomenal particular person, however he’s taking successful as a result of we come such a great distance, and we telling everyone to respect us,” the Bronx rap legend informed TMZ a couple of weeks after the incident. “Had it been 50 Cent or Fats Joe, I might’ve perceive, however Will Smith, he’s like the perfect we bought. So it’s unlucky that occurred to him.”
He continued, “He been preventing so laborious, he been working his entire, he been an professional instance for us, and it’s unlucky it occurred to him. However individuals undoubtedly taking a look at that saying we don’t know act for certain.”
It appears Will Smith has since bounced again from the controversy, nevertheless, and as Fats Joe talked about, he’s at present engaged on the fourth installment of Unhealthy Boys co-starring Martin Lawrence. As of press time, the movie has a projected launch date of June 14, 2024.
Deadline has reported that the three beforehand launched movies have grossed $891million up to now, and the outlet is anticipating that the latest installment can have a equally profitable field workplace run.
