It's one of the most recognizable TV theme songs of the 20th century.

A staple of 90s pop culture ended aired on NBC once a week for six years throughout the 90s.

Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down,

and I'd like to take advantage of it, sit right there,

I'll tell you how it became the prince of a town called Belair.

Seriously, there's probably an entire generation of folks who can wrap every lyric

of the fresh prince of Belair's theme song from memory and trust I'm one of them.

The song lays out how a kid from Philly got into some trouble and ends up

shipped off the California to live with rich relatives.

But for one filmmaker in Kansas City, the song is more than a catchy opening

to a beloved sitcom.

It changed his life.

I was on 71 Highway in the vision hit me and a lot of things, experiences I saw as a child

and just thinking about the inciting incident, right?

Like the theme song laid out the stakes for you.

Morgan Cooper always knew there was something about the story in the song

that begged a pretty fundamental question.

What really happened?

You know, I got one little fight, my mom got scared, right?

I'm thinking about, you know, I've seen a lot of fights on a ball court,

but nobody got shipped away to Belair.

You stayed and you dusted yourself off and maybe you got left at a school and that was it.

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