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# Watch Will Smith Perform 'Gettin' Jiggy Wit It' on the _Late Show with David Letterman_

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## Video: Will Smith Raps For The Late Show Audience - David Letterman

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_Published 2015-02-21. Will Smith Raps For The Late Show Audience - David Letterman_


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## Melissa Locker


Feb 19, 2015 4:25 PM UTC

Will Smith Raps For The Late Show Audience - David Letterman 

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Feb 19, 2015 4:25 PM UTC

Will Smith may be more of an actor than a rapper these days, but when he’s out promoting a movie, he seems like he is always happy to drop a few verses on an always-appreciative audience.

On Wednesday night, he stopped by the _Late Show with David Letterman_ and showed off his still-fresh skills with some solid bars of his old-school rap classic, “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” with Paul Shaffer and the _Late Show_ band backing him up.

This latest walk down memory lane comes a few weeks after [Smith beatboxed “It Takes Two”](http://time.com/3698687/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-beatbox-it-takes-two/) with Jimmy Fallon over an iPad app on _The Tonight Show_.

See the full clip below:

### Photos: David Letterman’s Early Career

![Mork & Mindy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6171827962ecb017/698688df35ba6ff580c01559/103385721.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

One of David Letterman's earliest roles before he made it as a television host was as a guest star on Mork & Mindy. CBS/Getty Images

![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8a8dd47ef5ce2f2/698688e0e8524b18996022f9/141043650.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Before he received his own show, Letterman was a regular guest host for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Above, he is seen interviewing Betty White. Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images

![Truma Capote and David Letterman on the David Letterman show.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt747e36d55f84b997/698688df13c79f25ba1916b9/110529207.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

In 1980, Letterman finally got his own morning comedy show, The David Letterman Show. Above, he is seen interviewing Truman Capote. Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images


![Late Night with David Letterman](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b9f47794fa69e96/698688e03bc9996eab1a2bed/152766107.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

After the cancellation of his morning show, Letterman was given a new show and time slot, Late Night With David Letterman which immediately followed The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first version of the Late Night franchise, debuted on February 1, 1982 and would eventually be succeeded by Conan O’Brien, seen above. Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images

![Ed Sullivan Theater which is owned by CBS has the Late Show](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac4386d4774d7b0c/698688dfd0b6f2c4d73039a1/97252556.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Letterman left NBC for CBS to start the Late Show with David Letterman when NBC gave the reigns of The Tonight Show to Jay Leno instead of him after Johnny Carson's retirement. The first show debuted on August 30, 1993, with Letterman's retirement announced for 2015. New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images


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