Will Smith addressed the fallout of the slap heard around the world on “Int. Barbershop — Day”, the opening track of his Based on a True Story album he dropped today. The song, featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone, starts with random voices conversing through rhyme. The first person proclaims, “Will Smith is cancelled!” Another verse ponders, “Who the fuck Will Smith think he is?” while the next detractor reveals, “I ain’t never going to forgive him for that shit he did.”

Smith directly references his acrimonious relationship with...