Jaden Smith is only a rapper.
After Earth . It is the second film after The Pursuit of Happyness that stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith ; Will Smith also produced via his company Overbrook Entertainment , and the distribution was by Columbia Pictures . Jaden Christopher Syre Smith ( born July 8 , 1998 ) is an American actor and rapper . Jaden Smith 's first movie role was with his father in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness . The Pursuit of Happyness . Smith 's son Jaden Smith co-stars , making his film debut as Gardner 's son , Christopher Jr. .