TomPoo
01-16-2003, 05:31 AM
HA HA!!!! YOUR OLD!!!
Will Smith Axed by Record Label
US superstar Will Smith has been dropped by his record label Sony, because he's too old. The music giants have decided that, at 34, the multitalented Summertime hitmaker is past it as an artist - and told him to concentrate on his movie career. Smith, who first appeared on the US music scene in the late 1980s - as one-half of rap duo Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - became one of the most successful hip-hop artists of the 1990s selling more than 20 million albums worldwide. He was also credited with making rap respectable, through his inoffensive non-violent lyrics. But Smith has always divided his time zig-zagging between successful music and acting careers. And, even though he became part of the Hollywood A-list - progressing from TV debut The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, to the Tinseltown big-time with movie hits Independence Day and Men In Black - Smith has always returned to music, last year releasing a Greatest Hits Album. But his latest LP bombed - and now Sony have decided it's time to let him go. An industry source tells British tabloid The Sun, "It doesn't matter how big a star is, if they don't sell records they get dropped. Will has had a lot of success selling records but that time has passed. People aren't interested in him as a musician any more. He is big in movies and has obviously sold a lot of records on the back of that, but the demand for his rap projects has dried up. I think he accepts that he's not the force in hip-hop he once was. Will has had a good innings and there are no hard feelings."
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Will Smith Axed by Record Label
US superstar Will Smith has been dropped by his record label Sony, because he's too old. The music giants have decided that, at 34, the multitalented Summertime hitmaker is past it as an artist - and told him to concentrate on his movie career. Smith, who first appeared on the US music scene in the late 1980s - as one-half of rap duo Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - became one of the most successful hip-hop artists of the 1990s selling more than 20 million albums worldwide. He was also credited with making rap respectable, through his inoffensive non-violent lyrics. But Smith has always divided his time zig-zagging between successful music and acting careers. And, even though he became part of the Hollywood A-list - progressing from TV debut The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, to the Tinseltown big-time with movie hits Independence Day and Men In Black - Smith has always returned to music, last year releasing a Greatest Hits Album. But his latest LP bombed - and now Sony have decided it's time to let him go. An industry source tells British tabloid The Sun, "It doesn't matter how big a star is, if they don't sell records they get dropped. Will has had a lot of success selling records but that time has passed. People aren't interested in him as a musician any more. He is big in movies and has obviously sold a lot of records on the back of that, but the demand for his rap projects has dried up. I think he accepts that he's not the force in hip-hop he once was. Will has had a good innings and there are no hard feelings."
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