Will and Jeff were born in Philadelphia PA. Will in 1968 and Jeff in 1965.
They grew up in the streets in the city of brotherly love.
Dj Jazzy Jeff was one of the best dj`s in the world in the eighties.
Wills` rapping skills was also spectacular in the beginning.
(Just listen to him in the song "He`s the dj, I`m the rapper, the title song in the album with the same title)
Jeff invented a scratch tecnique called "chirp" that you can hear on Will Smiths
"Gettin jiggy wit it" and he was also the first to introduce the "transform" scratch on a record. There are many who means that he invented this scratch also though. Jeff has now "retired" in Philadelphia, his hometown where he works as a producer/Dj in his own studio "A touch of jazz" He`s currently working on his own soloalbum. But he has featured on the new albums by "The Roots" and "Slum village" and others.
The solo album...