Personal life

Smith married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son, Willard Christopher III, also known as "Trey", but divorced in 1995. Trey appeared in his father's music video for the 1997 single, "Just The Two Of Us." Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. Together they have had two children: Jaden Christopher Syre (born 1998), his co-star in The Pursuit of Happyness, and Willow Camille Reign (born 2000). Along with his brother, Harry Smith, he owns Treyball Development Inc., a Beverly Hills-based company named after his first son. He has been consistently listed in Fortune Magazine's "Richest 40" list of the forty wealthiest Americans under the age of 40. Smith and his family reside on Star Island (Florida) in Miami, Florida, and in Philadelphia. He helped the community by giving money to Katrina victims.

On July 2, 2005, Smith served as host for the Live 8 concert in his native Philadelphia in front of an enormous crowd, and later performed a set with DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Smith also produced All of Us, a program loosely based on his love life and family, in 2005.Smith is an enthusiast for the games of chess, bingo and rummoli. He is also quite fond of video games.Once every year Will takes his mother to Canyon Ranch spa in Tucson, Arizona for a week.

Although there were claims Will had converted to Islam after filming Ali, he remains a committed Christian but is still open to all faiths.

After teenage rapper Bow Wow called Will Smith a "bubble-gum rapper" due to his softer, more gentle approach to hip hop, Will responded, "I don't have to respond to an immature, spoiled child."[citation needed] As of April 6, 2006, Bow Wow and Will Smith resolved their differences. Smith remains good friends with Tatyana Ali, former co-star on Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Will was the one that mainly convinced her to enter the field of music, due to her singing shown on some episodes of the show.

When he was nominated for Best International Male award for the 1999 BRIT Awards, Smith said in a interview that he favored that over the Grammy Award, stating that the latter is more like going to the Oscars and the Brits have a family feel to it.