Will Smith shocked the MC on the live broadcast of the 2022 Oscars and was “banned” by the Academy for 10 years. Actor “King Richard” and his family continue to become the focus of the media. The public also paid attention to Jaden Smith – Will Smith’s rebellious eldest son with actress Jada Pinkett Smith.
Hollywood prodigy
Born into the most famous Hollywood family, Jaden Smith – Will Smith’s son with actress Jada Pinkett Smith – soon followed in his father’s footsteps and showed talent from an early age.
At the age of 8, Jaden Smith had her movie debut in the biopic “The Pursuit of Happyness”, co-starring with her father.In fact, Jaden had previously played a supporting role as boy Reggie in the sitcom “All Of” Us” at the age of 5 and with 7 episodes during 4 seasons (from 2003 to 2006).
“The Pursuit of Happyness” grossed $307 million and the 2007 MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Performance Award opened up many opportunities for him. Jaden Smith continued to have a successful role in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (2008) – the film has the participation of A-list stars such as Kaenu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly.
But it was not until 2010 that Jaden Smith’s name became truly global when he played the martial arts-enthusiastic Dre Parker in the movie “The Karate Kid”, with martial arts star Jackie Chan acting.
With a budget of only 40 million USD, “The Karate Kid” earned a box office profit of 359 million USD. It was the Chinese martial arts star who praised Jaden, saying he could become “Hollywood’s Jackie Chan”.
Also thanks to the fate with “The Karate Kid” and inherited the ability to rap from his superstar father, Jaden had a successful debut with music. He collaborated with pop star Justin Bieber in the soundtrack of the movie “The Karate Kid” – “Never Say Never”. The song caused a global fever and confirmed Jaden’s multi-talented in both film and music fields.
At the age of 14, Jaden became one of Hollywood’s highest-paid child stars.
The “rebellion” journey and the noises
Jaden Smith has confessed to the media many times that he felt pressure from the time he was in the crib because his parents were famous. It is this that makes Jaden have a rebellious thought to escape from his family and scrutiny from the public.
Will Smith – Jada Pinkett Smith and his wife are also famous for being modern, open-minded parents with a unique way of raising children, always respecting the freedom and privacy of their children. So, on his 15th birthday, Jaden was allowed to live alone by his parents. He bought a $4 million apartment from his own earnings.
Jaden Smith declared “I intend to be the craziest artist in the world”. From here, the child star born in 1998 began the journey of “rebellion” and many times caused controversy.
After the second movie with her father – “After Earth” (2014), Jaden Smith temporarily put aside her acting career to focus on music. In 2017, he released the album “Syre”, followed by 2 albums “Erys” and “Cool Mix Tape 3”. After that, Jaden did return to a few roles, albeit with little success.
At the age of 16, Jaden Smith made the public stir when she did not hesitate to wear a skirt on the street and began to destroy the image of a lovely young talent. In 2016, he worked as an advertising model for Louis Vuitton’s women’s fashion collection. 3 years later, also at an event of this brand, Jaden shocked when appearing with jagged pink hair and diamond-covered teeth.
Jaden Smith is also the hottest young star in Hollywood. He dated many beauties such as Kylie Jenner, Amandla Stenberg, Sarah Snyder, Cara Delevingne … 20 years old, Jaden Smith became the focus of the media when she suddenly admitted to having a homosexual relationship with rapper Tyler The Creator.
But recently, Jaden was caught dating a new girlfriend, young model Sab Zada, while his father was being punished after the Oscar “slap”.
However, the controversy does not seem to have much impact on Jaden’s assertion of his personality. Undeniably, Will Smith’s rebellious son has made an amazing transformation to escape the “shadow” of his parents.
Jaden had bold ideas from a young age. In 2015, with the help of his parents, he founded the mineral water company Just Water with plant-based packaging, to reduce plastic waste into the environment. Jaden is also a co-founder of the 501CTHREE non-profit clean water organization.
The 24-year-old star and her sister have their own fashion brand called MSFTSrep. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jaden’s net worth has been valued at $8 million since 2015 and business is doing well now.
