Jaden Smith

Dre Parker in the 2010 Karate Kid, and a chart-topping rapper.

Jaden Smith is the American rapper, singer and actor who starred opposite Jackie Chan in the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid, and the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Quick Facts

Birth name

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith

Born

8 July 1998

Birthplace

Malibu, California, U.S.

Occupation

Rapper
singer
songwriter
actor
dancer

Years active

2002–present

Father

Will Smith

Mother

Jada Pinkett Smith

Relatives

Willow Smith (sister)

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Background

Born July 8, 1998 in Malibu, California, he made his film debut beside his father in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), winning the Breakthrough Performance award at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, then played Jacob in The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). He and Will Smith teamed up again as father and son in After Earth (2013), and a Karate Kid 2 with Chan was announced in 2014.

His music career began as a guest on Justin Bieber's 2010 single Never Say Never, released on The Karate Kid's soundtrack, which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and went quintuple platinum. After mixtapes such as CTV2 (2014) he signed with Roc Nation and Interscope Records for the albums Syre (2017), Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020), all Top 40 on the Billboard 200, and earned a 2022 Grammy nomination for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Bieber's Justice.

He later starred in Netflix's The Get Down, voiced Kaz Kaan in Neo Yokio, and in September 2025 became the first male creative director of Christian Louboutin.