Will Smith joined local leaders, community stakeholders, and Overbrook High School students in a special ceremony to rename the 2000 block of N 59th Street to Will Smith Way.

Will Smith Beams as Philadelphia Street Renamed in His Honor: ‘This Is Amazing’ 'Philly, I love you,' the actor and rapper said at the March 26 ceremony.

Philadelphia will honor one of its favorite native sons by renaming a street after Will Smith in none other than his former stomping grounds of West Philadelphia.

Will Smith is "West Philadelphia born and raised," and now a street in his childhood neighborhood is being renamed in his honor.