‘Bel-Air’ Star Jabari Banks’ Big Plans: Becoming a Rap Star and Eventually Opening His Own Disneyland
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJabari Banks remembers the exact date that his favorite actor, Chadwick Boseman, passed away.
It was August 28, 2020, and Banks was working at a factory in Temecula, Calif., doing a temp job wrapping gutters. Yes, that is a job that Banks had just a year before getting his big break as the star of Peacock’s “Bel-Air.”But back to the factory. “My mom got me a temp job, so I flew from Philly (yes, he’s from West Philadelphia like a certain Fresh Prince you’ve heard of) to Temecula where they paid for our housing, our transportation, our food and everything.
Super sketchy.” He was staying in the hotel when he got the news of Boseman’s death. “He’s such an inspiration to me,” Banks said. “That day I was like, I want to continue what he was doing for our community.
I want to be an impact on the youth as like he was for me, and for so many people around me.” The next year, like serendipity, he booked “Bel-Air” on the same date.
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