Like most everyone in Funny Video Search’s target demographic, I was a huge fan of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire. The theme song is one of the most well known songs by all people currently aged 25-35. So when I stumbled upon this video, the gangster version of the theme song, I thought it was a wonderful idea, but I wasn’t sure of whether the execution would do the original theme justice.

It turns out that the folks at College Humor did a good job of taking the wholesome Will Smith and turning his song into a gangsta rap version of the Fresh Prince of Belaire theme song.  I’m not sure that the current Will Smith would approve, but he’s gotta have a sense of humor about it!  Who would have thought that the Fresh Prince would be the highest grossing movie star for the past 10 years?   It’s amazing how he and Leonardo Dicaprio (or Luke Brower from Growing Pains) are such successful big screen actors with sitcom beginnings.

I was a little surprised by the pace of the music at first, because it’s more of a 2000′s gangsta rap sound than a late 80′s / early 90′s sound, but after watching the video, I think it works pretty well.  Better than I could do, that’s for sure.

One random note is that I’m pretty sure the guy who plays Uncle Phil was the same guy who played Suge Knight in the recently released movie Notorious.  Discuss.

My Favorite Line(s):

“In West Philadelphia, that was me… on the playground sellin coke and that PCP!”

“I ain’t got a sports Jacket, and Carleton’s a Faggot!”