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Inside Will Smith's Shocking Family Drug Dealing Drama!

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Feb. 20 2013, Published 6:58 a.m. ET

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Before he was a Hollywood super star, Will Smith grew up in a West Philadelphia neighborhood with more than its "fair share" of drug dealers and criminals, and while the actor never succumbed to such demons himself - other members of his family did, according to a bombshell report in the new issue of Star magazine.

The dark side "wasn't something I embraced," the Men In Black star, who led a march against drugs and violence in his home city in 2006, told reporters during the promotional trail for his movie I Am Legend. "I never felt the necessity to use drugs."

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However, Star magazine's groundbreaking expose reveals the husband of the actor's younger sister Ellen, has been indicted in a major federal cocaine-dealing rap.

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