Out in Bel Air, The Banks’ resided, along with their out of town Philly-born nephew, Will. In its six year tenure, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air covered a whole rundown of locally and globally relevant themes: love, sex, drugs, crime, violence, race, policing, legal policy and so on, but with a hugely hilarious angle and refreshing insight from the antics of a young Will Smith.
For five years, the fictional location of Downtown’s King’s Hotel was the main set for The Jamie Foxx Show, starring Jamie Foxx as Jamie King, Garcelle Beauvais as Fancy and Christopher B. Duncan as Braxton. Remember when Jamie was purusing singing and slaying the shit out of those ballads on screen? We do. Everything there ever was to love about 90s LA is richly showcased in the show, from the parties to, prominent music figures, to the ball players to the fashion.
