Will Smith releases new song, will perform at 2024 BET Awards

The Fresh Prince is taking back the mic.

Will Smith will perform his new song, “You Can Make It," at the 2024 BET Awards, the network announced Monday. The show, which will be hosted by Taraji P. Henson, airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET and PT.

Smith's new release, which describes perseverance amid adversity, dropped Friday. Vocals from singer Fridayy and gospel group Sunday Service Choir are also featured in the single.

"Through some of my darkest moments, music has always been there for me - to lift me and help me grow. It’s my humble wish that it can do the same for you and bring you all the joy and light you deserve," Smith wrote about the song alongside a video of him playing the melody on the piano.

Childish Gambino, Megan Thee Stallion, Keke Palmer to perform at 2024 BET Awards

Also on Friday, Childish Gambino, Chl?e, Coco Jones, Keke Palmer, Marsha Ambrosius and Summer Walker were added to the award show's lineup, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.

Previously announced performers included Victoria Monét, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Ms. Lauryn Hill and YG Marley, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey and Tyla.

Megan Thee Stallion is slated to open the show. BET will also bestow the Lifetime Achievement BET Award to Usher.

Is Will Smith making a musical comeback?

The Oscar and Grammy winner, who's been busy promoting the latest "Bad Boys" franchise installation, has made a few surprise performances recently.

In April, Smith joined J. Balvin on stage to rap his Grammy-winning track "Men In Black" while appropriately dressed like his character from the 1997 film.

As he rolled up to the "Ride or Die" premiere in Hollywood atop a double-decker bus with co-star Martin Lawrence last month, Smith gave a brief performance of his 1997 song "Miami" as an ode to his character, who's a Miami Police detective.

Smith's last single as lead artist was 2017's "Get Lit," though he recently appeared on the "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" soundtrack with a Sean Paul collaboration titled "Light Em Up."

Before his acting career kicked off with "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and reached a major milestone in 2022 with his Oscar win for "King Richard" (a moment that remains in the shadow of him slapping host Chris Rock on stage earlier in the ceremony), Smith earned four Grammy Awards as a rapper.

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In 1989, he won best rap performance for "Parents Just Don't Understand," which was featured on DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's second album, "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper." Three years later, he and DJ Jazzy Jeff, aka Jeff Townes, scored a win in the same category for their track "Summertime."

Smith earned two best rap solo performance wins for "Men In Black" (1998) and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" (1999).

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Will Smith's new song drops: Actor to perform at BET Awards