- there's yet another big shake up in the tv landscape when hip hop meets rodeo drive. - [male reporter] it is called rap music. - they keep saying it's a fad. - rap music is not a fad. - in fact, rap is one of the largest grossing forms of music on the charts. - quincy jones recognized that hip hop was gonna change america ♪ parents just don't understand ♪ and that will smith was gonna be part of that. - hey, uncle phil! oh! (audience laughs) ♪ this is a story all about how ♪ ♪ my life got flipped turned upside down ♪ - will smith was a rapper. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - he had albums. and then even the starting of the show was amazing. it had a storyline you can follow as the credits were going. ♪ of a town called bel-air - will happened to be in la. he was at a party at quincy jones's house. will never really acted before in his life. - the only kind of audition i had was quincy's birthday. he said, "so here's the deal. everybody that needs to say yes for this show is sitting out in that living room right now, waiting for you."