Career[edit]

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. 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.^[4][5] He was also in a musical trio with his brother called N3D.^[6] On May 9, 2006, he released his first album called Producer of the Year.^[7] In 2015, he appeared on SiR's independent album Seven Sundays on the song "You Ain't Ready".^[8]


In 2019, Farris was a contestant on the Netflix competition show Rhythm + Flow, and was named the inaugural winner of the three-week series.^[9] 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."^[10] He performed at the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards with SiR.^[11] He also appeared on the Game's 2019 album Born 2 Rap on its song "Cross on Jesus Back".^[12]


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.