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It's been more than 10 years since Will Smith -- Oscar-nominated actor, '90s nostalgia beacon, father of the greatest minds of our generation, and, oh yeah, Grammy-winning rapper -- released his last full-length album, Lost and Found. The record was tepidly received; perhaps as a result, Smith decided to put music aside and concentrate instead on just being a movie star. (Tough break, right?)
But while you can take the celebrity out of West Philly, you can't take the West Philly out of the celebrity. Smith just shocked everyone by dropping a guest verse on "Fiesta (Remix)," a collaboration with Colombia electro outfit Bomba Estéreo.
As in the original song, the duo takes care of the song's Spanish verses and chorus while Smith enters with a weirdly accented verse around the 1:05 mark. His first words: "Hola mamacita/Go get me a beer-a." Is that the 2015 version of "ciga cigar right from Cuba Cuba/just bite it/it's for the look/I don't light it"?
We should've known Big Willy and Bomba Estéreo were cooking something up; just last week, Smith congratulated the band on its Latin Grammy nominations by posting a selfie with them on his Facebook page.
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For comparison's sake, here's the original "Fiesta."