--- title: Carpool Karaoke Stars Will Smith as James Corden VIDEO description: The Fresh Prince appears in the premiere episode of the new Carpool Karaoke series by Apple Music, released Tuesday. 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A clip of the episode shows Will Smith and host [James Corden](http://time.com/4828303/carpool-karaoke-queen-latifah-jada-smith/) singing and rapping to some of Smith’s ’90s hits and chatting about whether he would play Barack Obama in a movie — something Smith discussed with the former president. “He told me that he felt confident that I had the ears for the role,” Smith said The clip also previews upcoming carpool appearances by Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and John Legend, LeBron James, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ariana Grande, and Stark sisters Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. 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