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Daniel Anthony Farris (born October 17, 1985), known professionally as D Smoke, is an American rapper and songwriter from Inglewood, California.[1] He gained attention after winning the first season of the Netflix music competition show Rhythm + Flow in 2019.[2] The following year, he independently released his debut album Black Habits, which earned him nominations for Best Rap Album and Best New Artist at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

D Smoke
Birth name	Daniel Anthony Farris
Born	(1985-10-17) October 17, 1985 (age 36) Inglewood, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer songwriter
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Woodworks
Website	dsmokemusic.com

Career

Farris grew up in a musical family with his mother, brothers, and cousin being gospel singers in Inglewood, California. His mother was backup singer for Tina Turner. His brother SiR is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. In 2006, he started a songwriting group called 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.[3][4] He was also in a musical trio with his brother called N3D.[5] On May 9, 2006, he released his first album called Producer of the Year.[6] In 2015, he appeared on SiR's independent album Seven Sundays on the song "You Ain't Ready".[7]

In 2019, Farris was a contestant on the Netflix competition show Rhythm + Flow, and was named the inaugural winner of the three-week series.[8] On October 24, he released his debut EP 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."[9] He performed at the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards with SiR.[10] He also appeared on The Game's album Born 2 Rap on the song "Cross on Jesus Back".[11]

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.

Personal life

Farris graduated from UCLA and was a Spanish and music theory teacher at Inglewood High School.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details
Producer of the Year	Released: May 9, 2006 Label: Woodworks Records Format: Digital download
Black Habits	Released: February 7, 2020 Label: Woodworks Records, Empire Format: Streaming, digital download
War & Wonders[13]	Released: September 24, 2021 Label: Woodworks Records, Empire Format: Streaming, digital download

Extended plays

Title	Album details
Inglewood High	Released: October 24, 2019. Label: Woodworks Records. Format: Streaming, digital download.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"You Ain't Ready"	2015	SiR	Seven Sundays
"Painkillers"	2017	Davion Farris	Trenier
"City Boy"		Sha'leah Nikole	The Queen Issue
"Cross on Jesus Back"[14]	2019	The Game	Born 2 Rap
"Champ"	2020	Fireboy DML	Apollo
"HEADSHOTS"		Tobe Nwigwe	CINCOriginals

Awards and nominations

Organization	Year	Category	Nominee/work	Result	Ref.
Grammy Awards	2021	Best New Artist	D Smoke	Nominated	[15]
		Best Rap Album	Black Habits	Nominated
NAACP Image Awards	2021	Outstanding New Artist	D Smoke	Nominated	[16][17]
Pop Awards	2021	Music Video of the Year	"Black Habits I"	Nominated	[18][19]

References

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