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Will Smith explains eerie link between himself and two major celebrity deaths

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Published 20:59 20 Feb 2025 GMT

Will Smith explains eerie link between himself and two major celebrity deaths

The Men in Black actor admitted he didn't 'even want to say this' about the two music legends

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Will Smith has revealed an eerie connection he shares between himself and two music legends hours before they died.

The Bad Boys actor seems to think that he has a link to two of the music world's all-time greats.

Though he has won a Grammy for his work in music, having started out as 'The Fresh Prince', you wouldn't necessarily associate the 56-year-old with his rapping career.

But Smith has now claimed that he might be a jinx, in the worst way possible.

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Will said he didn't even want to tell the story (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Will said he didn't even want to tell the story (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

The Oscar-winning actor was on the 'Broken Record Podcast' speaking to host Justin Richmond, when he openly confessed: “Let me tell you, I don’t even want to say this out loud, ’cause it’s like, a terrible jinx. I met Biggie four hours before he got killed. And I talked to Prince eight hours before he died.”

It may sound a bit far-fetched, and it might just be a coincidence, but Smith went on to recall the conversations he had with the icons before their deaths.

Prince

Prince was one of the celebs that met Smith mere hours before he died (Theo Wargo/WireImage)
Prince was one of the celebs that met Smith mere hours before he died (Theo Wargo/WireImage)

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He explained: “I talked to Prince and, he called and he was pitching. He was saying me, him and Jay-Z should start an entertainment company.

“And he said he had talked to Jay and he wanted to do it. We talked that night, and in the morning, he was gone. I don’t know what that says about me.”

Richmond replied, suggesting the coincidences like this can happen if 'you have enough experiences in life', but the actor responded by jokingly exclaiming: "Don't call me!"

The 'Purple Rain' artist would sadly pass away from an accidental drug overdose on 21 April 2016.

Notorious B.I.G.

(Larry Busacca/WireImage)
(Larry Busacca/WireImage)

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Biggie Smalls, a.k.a the Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death in Los Angeles in a drive-by incident after a Vibe Magazine party on 9 March 1997, just months after Tupac was gunned down in a similar manner in Las Vegas.

The long-unsolved murder resulted in the end of the years-long East Coast/West Coast beef between rappers from the US coasts.

Opening up on the shooting, he said that it was a 'stupid' killing that 'scared' him and even brought him to tears.

Smith met Biggie after he had already become an established actor in Hollywood, just months before Men In Black hit cinemas as one of the actor's most memorable titles.

The actor met Prince just under two decades later, as one of the world's most famous celebrities.

Featured Image Credit: Gerald Matzka/Getty Images for Sony Pictures

Topics: Will Smith, Celebrity, Music, Weird

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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