Willow Smith, daughter of Jada and Will, becomes third author in her family

Willow Camille Reign Smith came home on Friday.

Technically, perhaps, the 23-year-old was born in California, where she lives today. But the writer, singer and activist is the youngest child of Baltimore’s favorite daughter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and she comes from a long line of strong, confident, proud Black Baltimore women including her grandmother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris.

In Smalltimore, that’s enough reason to embrace Willow Smith as family.

And more than 300 Baltimore-area...