Jeffrey Allen Townes was born on January 22, 1965 in He was ten years old when he first became interested in being a DJ. DJ Jazzy Jeff, along with At the time of winning the Grammy Award, DJ Jazzy Jeff came home crying as he had just $500 in the bank.DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince also won a second Grammy for "After DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince broke up, Townes went on to become a prominent Some songs by Smith were produced by Townes, and he has performed on some songs by Smith such as "So Fresh" and "Potnas". The instrumental was called "Jazzy Jeff Scratch" (1985). On some occasions, he made appearances with Smith at live concerts, producing DJ scratches. In addition, he appeared in several of Smith's music videos such as "Will2K" and "Freakin' It".
Jeffrey Allen Townes (born January 22, 1965), known professionally as DJ Jazzy Jeff or simply Jazz, is an American DJ, record producer, actor and comedian who is best known for his friendship and collaboration with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. On July 2, 2005, DJ Jazzy Jeff performed with Smith at the In 2008, Townes performed with Smith at the premiere of the latter's 2008 film In 2013, DJ Jazzy Jeff performed with Will Smith on In 2015, he performed the scratch overdubs for the film In August 2017, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith performed two shows in the Europe: MTV Summerblast Music Festival in DJ Jazzy Jeff has two sons, Cory Townes (a journalist), whose mother is a schoolteacher; He told author One of the first records DJ Jazzy Jeff ever appeared on was with the Korner Boyz (Street Artz Records) and their songs "Bust the Move" and "The Saga of Roxanne", which featured legendary Philadelphia rappers MC Parry P and Grand Tone.