Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  N'afọ 1998, Smith sooro Gene Hackman mee ihe nkiri Enemy of the State. N'afọ sochirinụ, ọ jụrụ ọrụ nke Neo na Matrix na Wild Wild West (1999). N'agbanyeghi mmechuihu nke Wild Wild West, Smith ekwuola na ọ naghị akwa ụta maka mkpebi ya, na-ekwusi ike na arụmọrụ Keanu Reeves dị ka Neo karịrị ihe Smith n'onwe ya gaara enweta, ọ bụ ezie na ajụjụ ọnụ ndị sochirinụ mgbe a tọhapụsịrị Wild Wild West o kwuru na ya "mere a ndudue na Wild Wild West. Nke ahụ gaara aka mma. "A kwadoro album nke abụọ nke Smith site na ntọhapụ nke egwu egwu ihe nkiri dị ka onye ndu: "Wild Wild West", na-egosi Dru Hill na Kool Moe Dee, n'elu Billboard Hot 100 ma RIAA kwadoro ọla edo. Mpịakọta ahụ a na-ekwu okwu ya, Willennium, ruru nọmba ise na Billboard 200 ma RIAA kwadoro ya okpukpu abụọ. "Will 2K", abụ nke abụọ sitere na album ahụ, ruru nọmba 25 na Billboard Hot 100. Tupu ngwụcha afọ 1999, ewepụtara album vidiyo nke gosipụtara vidiyo vidiyo asaa nke Smith wepụtara ruo ugbu a, nke ruru nọmba 25 na UK Music Video Chart. N'otu afọ ahụ, onye rap ahụ gosipụtara na The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Tatyana Ali's single "Boy You Knock Me Out", nke ruru nọmba atọ na UK Singles Chart na n'elu UK R&B Singles Chart. Smith gosipụtara ọkpọ ọkpọ Muhammad Ali na 2001 biopic Ali. Maka arụmọrụ ya, a họpụtara ya maka Academy Award maka Best Actor, na Golden Globe Award maka Best Actor <unk> Motion Picture Drama.  Ajụjụ: Olee ihe nkiri Smith sooro Gene Hackman mee?
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