- he attracted a lot of people who weren't fans before that night. ♪ ♪ - the '90s was a glorious moment for black television, because you saw these representations that you'd never seen before. ["yo home to bel-air" by dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince] the premise of "the fresh prince" was, this kid comes from philadelphia... - ♪ in west philadelphia, born and raised ♪ ♪ on the playground is where i spent most of my days ♪ - his mom says, "i'm gonna send you to live with your uncle." he shows up at this mansion in bel air, baseball cap on backward, like he doesn't even know how to act in this environment. [hip-hop music] the black producers and directors and writers were always playing with this kind of subverting expectations of what is blackness. - the incredible work of "the fresh prince" at its most triumphant was when