Class of ‘88 w/ DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Class Of ’88, a new limited series podcast from Wondery and Audible, hosted by Will Smith is here. The show finds the erstwhile Fresh Prince interviewing his peers from the late ’80s hip-hop world, including Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Rakim, Chuck D, and Smith’s own musical partner DJ Jazzy Jeff. The series centers on 1988, a year when rap was transitioning from a localized subculture to a global phenomenon, and is full of stories about those days from the people at the center of the action.

Check out the episode in which Smith and Jazzy Jeff look back on their touring years, when, per Smith, “you wouldn’t know if your record was a hit or not until you dropped it in the venue.”