Rap Clean Enough for Kids: Top 10 Kid-Friendly Artists and Albums

Before Will Smith made it big as a TV and movie star, he and his partner released a stream of catchy hits in the mid-1980s as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Songs like “Parents Just Don’t Understand” and “Summertime” were some of the first rap tunes to be directed squarely at kids. “Just the Two of Us” from his solo debut "Big Willie Style" is a sweet love letter to his son. While he’s released music only sporadically since getting into acting, fans of Willow Smith’s music might be surprised to find her dad had some skills on the mic back in the day, too. 

Album recommendation: "He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper" (Jive/RCA, 1988)