Photo SpecialBecoming ... Will Smith

See how the Hitch star – whose new album Lost and Found debuts Tuesday – went from Fresh Prince to Hollywood royalty. By Lucy Maher and Caryn Midler

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SWITCH HITTER

After a three-year absence from the music scene, Smith is back with his ninth studio album, Lost and Found, and he has some help from the hip-hop world, including Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Timbaland and Smith's old pal DJ Jazzy Jeff. The actor (performing at the San Remo Song Festival earlier this month) wrote the album between takes of his 2004 sci-fi thriller I, Robot.

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