DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Popular hip hop duo composed of [a=Jeff Townes] AKA [a=DJ Jazzy Jeff] (b. Jeffrey A. Townes, 22 January 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) and [a=Will Smith] AKA [a=The Fresh Prince] (b. Willard Christopher Smith Jr., 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).

Jazzy Jeff started DJing in the mid-1970's when he was a mere 10 years old, (though he is not to be confused with the similarly-titled Jazzy Jeff who cut an album, also for Jive, in 1985).

Together with [a=Will Smith], they became the first rap act to receive a Grammy Award for their second 12" single "Parents Just Don't Understand".

Meanwhile, Jeff founded "A Touch Of Jazz Inc", a stable of producers working on rap/R&B projects. The duo picked up a second Grammy for "Summertime" in 1991, before scoring a shock UK number 1 in 1993 with "Boom! Shake The Room".