Will Smith recalled his last talks with Prince and Biggie Smalls, revealing he spoke with each simply hours earlier than their deaths.
Will Smith revealed a haunting element about his connection to 2 music icons, sharing that he spoke with each Prince and The Infamous B.I.G. simply hours earlier than their premature deaths.
The 56-year-old actor and musician opened up on the Damaged Document Podcast, recalling two separate moments that left him shaken. He first recounted assembly Biggie Smalls simply 4 hours earlier than the rapper was killed in a 1997 drive-by capturing.
Almost twenty years later, he spoke with Prince eight hours earlier than the legendary musician handed away in 2016.
“I don’t even wish to say this out loud ’trigger it’s like a horrible jinx,” Smith admitted. “I met Biggie 4 hours earlier than he bought killed, and I talked to Prince eight hours earlier than he died.”
Prince’s last dialog with Smith wasn’t simply informal chatter—it was about enterprise. The “Purple Rain” icon had reached out to suggest an bold partnership involving Smith, Jay-Z, and himself.
“He had talked to Jay and he wished to do it,” Smith recalled. “And we talked that evening, and within the morning, he was gone.”
The sudden loss hit laborious, however Biggie’s demise left Smith particularly devastated.
The 24-year-old rapper’s homicide was a tragic second in Hip-Hop historical past, a mindless act of violence that shook the business.
“‘Trigger it was silly and simply centered on Hip-Hop for rapping. That one damage me. It scared me, too,” Smith stated.
As he mirrored on the eerie timing of his last interactions with each artists, Smith couldn’t assist however joke concerning the unusual coincidence.
“I don’t know what that claims about me,” he laughed. “Don’t name me, don’t name me.”
