Will Smith’s Gospel Act performance at the BET Awards is compared to Kanye West: ‘Someone should come and slap Will’

Will Smith surprised everyone with a surprise rap performance reminiscent of Kanye West and created a lot of buzz among viewers watching the BET Awards online.

With his latest installment Bad boy series, Bad Boys: Ride or Diehits theaters, fans are eagerly awaiting his musical debut at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night.

As they eagerly awaited the release of the Fresh Prince’s latest music, fans watching the BET Awards wasted no time taking to the internet to share their thoughts on the new song and Smith’s performance at the ceremony.

Many fans noticed striking similarities between the musical style of Smith’s latest debut and that of West. This similarity is attributed to Will’s collaboration with the Sunday Service choir, known for the works of rapper “Donda”.

@JessLiLucifer said on X, formerly Twitter, “Will smith… lmfaooo. Is this new music?! Lmfaoooooo. Will Smith here trying to be the new Kanye. Please stop. Get me off this floor.”

@BlaaqGold also wrote: “That would make Smith feel like the old Kanye.”

“What is this Will Smith redemption song? Like Book of Eli, mix I can’t stand the rain, mix Kanye West, mix Kirk Franklin….. I’m so confused”, @ Oh_OnThaTLCTip quipped, while @only1Reem_A tweeted, “Will Smith is channeling Kanye’s Ultralight rays.”

According to @LifeParadice, “WillSmith’s performance, mom said it looked like some Kanye West stuff.”

@tuhkyjuh asks: “Is Smith buying IP service through Sunday from Kanye? I’m here for it.”

@444wale said, “wait, this Will Smith song sounds like a Kanye throwaway from the JIK era,” while @tonyciccarone wrote, “Someone should come and slap Will Smith, pretending with this gospel music that Give us Kanye.”

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This year’s BET Awards took place in Los Angeles, hosted by the talented Taraji P. Henson at the Peacock venue.

Smith debuted his latest original song, “You Can Make It,” at the awards show, marking his first release since his 2017 hit EDM single “Get Lit.”

Smith’s latest song was recently released, and singer-songwriter Fridayy joined in the celebration. The powerful lyrics in his new song have been praised, including lines like “Walking through the valley of the shadow of death.”

“And when you think you have nothing left, keep going.”

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