The fresh prints! Jaden Smith wears an afro wig as he sprays graffiti while filming for upcoming Netflix drama The Get Down

By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:49 EST, 27 March 2016 | Updated: 12:59 EST, 27 March 2016

Actor, rapper, model, fashion pioneer... and graffiti artist.

Jaden Smith appears to have added another skill set to his ever expanding repertoire as he films for the upcoming Netflix drama The Get Down.

The 17-year-old was getting into character as Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling on the New York set of the new show on Saturday.

The fresh prints: Jaden Smith sprayed graffiti as he filmed for the upcoming Netflix drama The Get Down on Saturday

The fresh prints: Jaden Smith sprayed graffiti as he filmed for the upcoming Netflix drama The Get Down on Saturday

Directed by Baz Luhrman, the 1970s set series will focus on a group of South Bronx teens during the birth of hip hop, punk and disco.

As part of the recurring cast, Jaden plays a 'psychedelically talented and enigmatic graffiti writer raised in the South Bronx,' according to Netflix.

His mural, dedicated to the Rumi quote 'Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure', is a central theme for the show. 

Seventies: The teen certainly looked the part, wearing flared trousers and a paint-covered heavy jacket, while up top he rocked an impressive afro

Seventies: The teen certainly looked the part, wearing flared trousers and a paint-covered heavy jacket, while up top he rocked an impressive afro

The teen certainly looked the part, wearing flared trousers and a paint-covered heavy jacket, while up top he rocked an impressive afro.

Minus his usual dreadlocks, Jaden's resemblance to his fellow actor dad Will Smith is striking.

In fact, fans will be sure to draw parallels to the opening credits of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, in which his father's character is introduced tagging a wall in a playground of West Philadelphia where he was born and raised.

Beginnings: His mural, dedicated to the Rumi quote 'Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure', is a central theme for the show

Beginnings: His mural, dedicated to the Rumi quote 'Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure', is a central theme for the show

Much of the main cast is made-up of exciting up and coming actors, while Jimmy Smits, who plays political boss Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz adds some thesp weight.

The series was first announced in February 2010, after Moulin Rouge! director Luhrman spent over a decade working on the concept.

The first season of The Get Down will be thirteen 1-hour episodes; the first six will premiere on Netflix on August 12

Now this is a story: Fans will be sure to draw parallels to the opening credits of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, in which his father Will Smith's character is introduced tagging a wall in a playground of West Philadelphia where he was born and raised

Now this is a story: Fans will be sure to draw parallels to the opening credits of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, in which his father Will Smith's character is introduced tagging a wall in a playground of West Philadelphia where he was born and raised

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