D Smoke

Biography

Daniel Anthony Farris (born October 17, 1985), known professionally as D Smoke, is an American rapper and former educator from Inglewood, California. He first became known as the winner of the Netflix hip hop-based reality competition series Rhythm + Flow in 2019. The following year, he independently released his debut studio album Black Habits×Black Habits7 February 2020 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Morning Prayer1:332Bullies4:173No Commas3:384Gaspar Yanga2:135Top of the Morning3:406Sunkissed Child4:107Black Habits I4:298Fly5:309Seasons Pass4:0210Fallin'3:1611Lights On3:3612Real Body3:0813Free4:2614Like My Daddy4:5815Closer to God4:3116Black Habits II4:46 (2020), which earned him nominations for Best Rap Album and Best New Artist at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2023, he signed with Snoop Dogg's Death Row Records.

Career

Farris grew up in a musical family with his mother, brothers, and cousin being gospel singers in Inglewood, California. His mother was a backup singer for Tina Turner. In 2006, he formed the songwriting group WoodWorks with his brothers and his cousin Tiffany Gouché, who wrote songs for Ginuwine and The Pussycat Dolls, and is credited for co-writing "Never" by Jaheim. He was also in a musical trio with his brother called N3D. On May 9, 2006, he released his first album called Producer of the Year. In 2015, he appeared on SiR's independent album Seven Sundays on the song "You Ain't Ready".
In 2019, Farris was a contestant on the Netflix competition show Rhythm + Flow, and was named the inaugural winner of the three-week series. On October 24, he released his debut extended play, Inglewood High, a 7-track project including a feature from Gouché. HipHopDX gave the EP a positive review, saying he could "utilize multiple flows, deliver introspective storytelling, could rap in Spanish incredibly well and had an ear for quality." He performed at the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards with SiR. He also appeared on the Game's 2019 album Born 2 Rap on its song "Cross on Jesus Back".
D Smoke later appeared as himself in the Peacock series Bel-Air, in the episode "PA to LA", based on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He also starred in Paramount series Mayor of Kingstown.

Personal life

Born to mother Jackie Gouche' and
father Ronald Farris which together had 3 boys. One of his brothers, SiR signed with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2017.
Farris graduated from UCLA and was a Spanish and music theory teacher at Inglewood High School.