Dj Jazzy Jeff net worth: career, family, near-death experience, and friendship with will smith.

By Editor On Apr 1, 2024

Dj jazzy Jeff net worth is estimated at around 8.5 million as of 2023. Jazzy made much of his wealth from his affiliation with Will Smith and also his job as a disc jockey.

Aside Dj Jazzy Jeff net worth we shall also look at his career, family, near-death experience, and friendship with will smith.

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Who is Dj Jazzy jeff?

Dj jazzy Jeff is a renowned black American disc jockey, actor, and music producer who is widely known for his group formed with best friend Will Smith. The two together gave many hits and also performed on several big stages.

Profile

Full Name	Jeffery Allen Townes
Nickname	Dj jazzy Jeff
Date of birth	January 22, 1965
Age	58 years
Nationality	American
Profession	Actor, Disc Jockey, Producer, and singer
Wife	Lynette Jackson
Kids	Amir Mitchell, Cory, Pleasant, and August
Instagram	djjazzyjeff
Net worth	$ 8.5 million

Early life

Dj Jeff was born and raised in Philadelphia state on January 22, 1965. Much information on who his parents and siblings are aren’t available on the internet.

Career

Dj Jeff started his career as a disc jockey after keenly studying how senior disc jockeys in his vicinities entertained the crowds during shows. He had the chance of also being billed to perform at small gigs around Philadelphia.

It was through his disc jockey job he bumped into Will Smith who also lived in the same hood as him, the pair became friends which Will even assisted him sometimes when he was going to play shows.
The two were then cast in the television series ”The fresh prince of Bel-air” which Will was made to play the lead role character shooting him to stardom. The two then formed a music group Dj jazzy Jeff& the fresh prince and released several charts topping songs such as ”Summertime” and ”Parents Don’t Understand”. Their good works saw them win Grammy awards on two different occasions.

They then both decided to go solo and pursued their projects, Jazzy succeed as a producer establishing his production company A Touch of Jazz. He has since then helped produce and also promote several top artist songs and also released his mixtapes such as He’s the King…I’m the Dj.

Near-death experience

Jazzy almost lost his life after contracting COVID-19, he revealed he started experiencing severe symptoms after returning from a show. At that point, he felt his whole body shutting down as he couldn’t do anything again. Thanks to the timely intervention of the medical professionals he regained consciousness and came back on his feet.

friendship with will smith

Jazzy despite not being in the same group with Will again has never stopped showing him brotherly love and also jumping to his defense anytime an issue of his pops up. He has helped in the promotion of several of Will’s singles and also accompanied him to shows.

Jazzy was also one of the few friends who stood by Will during his Oscar slap incident, an act he termed as a lapse in judgment and pleaded with fans to forgive him.

meet his Family

his wife

Jazzy has been married to blogger and entrepreneur Lynette Jackson since 2010 and are blessed with twin girls. Lynette has been a very strong pillar in Jazzy’s life and never left him even in his lowest moment. The couple’s love seems to be growing stronger even after a decade of marriage

his two popular sons

Jazzy before meeting Lynette had two kids from a previous relationship. His son Amir Mitchell is also following in his footsteps as an actor and has so far appeared in movies like ”person of Interest”, ”girl meet world” and ”puzzled”.
His second son Cory also works as a news reporter and writer and has written several articles for Ebony and Vibe.