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What is Jaden Smith’s net worth and salary?

Jaden Smith, the American actor and singer, has a net worth of $8 million. He began his career as a child actor, starring alongside his father in “The Pursuit of Happyness.” However, he has since become a successful solo artist, known for his unique social media presence and musical talent.

Jaden Smith’s Background

Jaden Smith is the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinket Smith. He was born in Malibu, California on July 8, 1998, and grew up with his younger sister Willow Smith and half-sibling Trey Smith. He attended the New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas before switching to homeschooling, which led to isolation from making conventional friends. To combat this, Smith turned to skateboarding, a hobby he pursued in public without being recognized as a celebrity.

Jaden Smith’s Film Career

Jaden Smith made his major feature film debut in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006, playing the son of Will Smith’s character. He received the Breakthrough Performance award at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards for his role. He then starred in the remake of The Karate Kid in 2010 alongside Jackie Chan. In 2014, he played his father’s son again in the science-fiction action-adventure After Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film underperformed at the box office and received negative reviews of Jaden’s performance.

Following this, Jaden took a break from acting to pursue music and other projects until his return in 2017 with the Netflix series The Get Down. In 2018, he starred in the teen drama Skate Kitchen, which showcased his skateboarding talents. In 2019, he completed work on the young adult drama Life in a Year, also starring Cara Delevingne and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Jaden Smith’s Music Career

Jaden Smith began his music career in 2010 with the release of his debut single “The Coolest.” He later collaborated with Justin Bieber on the song “Never Say Never,” and in 2012, he released his first mixtape, The Cool Café. He followed it up with CTV2 in 2014 and began work on his debut studio album, which was released in 2017 as Syre after three years in the making.

The following year, he released Syre: The Electric Album, which reimagined the music from his debut album in an electric guitar style influenced by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. In 2019, Smith released his second studio album, Erys, in the summer.

Jaden Smith’s Personal Life and Philanthropy

Jaden Smith, known for his idiosyncratic style, started a clothing line called MSFTSrep. He has been in several relationships including one with Vanessa Hudgens’ younger sister Stella and Kylie Jenner. He dated Sarah Snyder between 2012 and 2015. His philanthropic work includes being a youth ambassador for Project Zambia, which helps children orphaned by AIDS.

Smith’s role in The Karate Kid earned him the BET YoungStars Award and nominations for Teen Choice Awards, Kids Choice Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and NAACP Image Awards.

Jaden Smith Moves Out of Parents’ House

Jaden Smith famously filed for emancipation from his parents at the age of 15, with their full approval and with the hope of getting his own house apart from the family home. But in a 2013 interview with Ellen DeGeneres alongside his dad Will, Smith seemed ambivalent about the idea of moving out on his own:

“The thing that people don’t get is everything at his house is free. So I can get anything and everything at his house, so I’m going to be there for 20, 30 more years. He [Will Smith] says that as soon as I have a movie that’s bigger than one of his movies I can get my own house.”

But in 2017, both Jaden and Willow Smith moved out of their parents’ house, moving into a $4 million home in the Hollywood Hills.