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The party kicked off at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, where Will pumped up a small but hyped audience with the iconic tune and the classic "Summertime" before dropping his new jam, "You Can Make It."

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00:00We've talked about this over the years on TMZ,

00:03that you cannot take a snapshot of somebody

00:05at one of their worst moments and assume

00:08that is going to define them for the rest of their lives.

00:11We have seen it time and time again,

00:14where a celebrity does something really bad

00:18and everybody says, oh, that's the way it's gonna be

00:20for the rest of the, they're gonna be painted

00:22with a brush.

00:22You're a terrible person.

00:23And it never works that way.

00:24You're looking at Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

00:26at the Oscars on live television

00:28and everybody said that was the end of Will Smith.

00:31I never believed it.

00:32And it's not true that it's the end of Will Smith.

00:35Will Smith has been doing movies.

00:37And last night, he was honored at the Grammy Museum

00:42for his body of work.

00:44So there you go.

00:46We're gonna play something for you

00:47because I just find this really interesting.

00:50Will gave a speech and got really emotional

00:54about raising children and particularly his son.

00:59And I just think this is such a good point

01:02that I've heard over the years

01:04and he really delivered this well.

01:06I remember I brought him home and put him in the bassinet

01:10and I had just bought a picture in picture television.

01:15There was a thousand page manual

01:19and Cedar Sinai sent me home with a baby

01:22and not even a pamphlet.

01:24And I remember that first night,

01:30I can't even talk about it.

01:33And I just fell down on my knees

01:37and I made one of the most hardcore promises

01:39I've ever made to a human being.

01:42I was gonna do everything I could do

01:46to be a good daddy to you.

01:48Y'all, this is interesting for a number of reasons

01:50because one, Will and Trey,

01:52they have a good relationship now,

01:53but when Trey was first born,

01:54Will and Trey, they had a kind of a tough relationship

01:56because Will and Trey's mom,

01:57they broke up when Trey was only two years old.

01:59And at the time, Will was around 26,

02:02so his career was hotter than ever.

02:04He had no idea how to be a parent

02:05and he's admitted that throughout the year.

02:07So it was good to see they kind of have reconciled

02:09and they're like full-fledged,

02:10just having a great time together.

02:12Yeah, and we should just say, Wild,

02:14I mean, it was tough on Trey

02:15because then Will went on to have two other kids,

02:19Willow and Jayden,

02:20and he was with them a lot.

02:23And Trey was kind of on the sidelines,

02:24but it seems like they have kind of aligned now.

02:27Now that he's a 31-year-old man, he's an adult.

02:30Look, and on Will, that's really nice to see.

02:33It gets you almost choked up just watching it.

02:35What he did with Chris Rock was a terrible moment.

02:37It was a terrible thing that he did,

02:39but it doesn't define him.

02:41Will Smith was always thought of as a good guy, Harvey,

02:43and I think-

02:44It's part of the mosaic of his life.

02:46Hi, I'm Tally and I'm calling from Atlanta.

02:48And honestly, I think Will Smith's case in duality.

02:51I love that it always seems like

02:53he's doing something wholesome and fun.

02:55I don't know any other celebrity hyping up a crowd

02:57on a random Thursday and dropping a new song.

02:59And I didn't too much mind to slap.

03:01So, you know, I just love that he seems to be

03:04such a happy person and tries his best to love on his family,

03:07even though that's a difficult thing sometimes

03:09to get it right every single time.

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