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The creation of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) happened lightening fast. DJ Jazzy Jeff breaks it down: "We had a day off. Will said, 'Hey, I got to jump a plane to L.A. because they want me to read for a TV show.' Twenty-four hours later, he came back and was like, 'Hey, I just got a TV show.' We literally went into the studio and made the theme song in about 15 minutes. One of the things Will used to always say is the hardest part to come up with for a song is the concept, but the concept behind the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was already laid out. I ended up just going in and programming some music, and he wrote something and laid it down. I did rough mix and sent it in, and in about three weeks it was on NBC. In my mind, it was just kind of like, 'Oh my God, so that's how it works? It's that easy?'"