I don’t censor myself - so to speak - but I’m intentional on how I incorporate the harsh reality, the uncut dirty rap lyrics, with the reality,” says the rapper. “I’m aware of the effect of my music on other people. His experience as a teacher also equips him with a certain awareness words have weight. “In hip-hop, we don’t tend to give people in their 30s - until now - that level of platform.”ĭ Smoke credits life experience for letting him tap into a perspective that wouldn’t have been available to him when he was younger. There are rappers that retire before my age, and I’m just getting into it,” he says. “They say ignorance is bliss, right? So there is a part of me that would have enjoyed having been a rapper from 21 to 33.
In an industry that rewards young talent and is constantly searching for the Next Big Thing, D Smoke represents the payoff of persistence and consistency. “It’s OK,” which appears on the album’s deluxe version, offers up an optimistic mantra in opposition to struggle: “It’s alright, it’s OK.”īefore all of his recent attention from the music industry, D Smoke worked as a high school Spanish and music teacher at Inglewood High School. (And underscored in the song’s music video, which culminates with a baptism.) “Gaspar Yanga,” D Smoke’s track with Snoop Dogg, is an anthem for his Inglewood hometown, and titled for the 16th-century African leader of a slave rebellion in colonial Mexico. “And continue telling the stories that people connect with - not get caught up in entertaining this new audience.”ĭ Smoke’s two brothers, SiR and Davion Farris, and mother, Jackie Gouché, are featured artists on “Black Habits.” SiR appears on “Closer to God,” a track that speaks to their upbringing singing gospel.
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“I want to show consistent growth even though on the professional side it’s happening super fast,” he says. Honesty is his currency he wants his music to move people, and not just be manufactured for people to move to. D Smoke is committed to retaining his authentic approach to music-making as his status rises.
The rapper’s fans praise both his flow and the lyrical finesse of his songs, and recent music videos have matched his wordplay with cinematic, artful imagery. So now it’s people following this journey from. A lot of times when you get to this level of success, people go back and they find four albums. A lot of people are catching on as we’re building this catalogue. “This recognition kind of fast-forwards things for me in the way that ‘Rhythm + Flow’ did. “I’m still early on in my journey as an artist,” he says. Nelly Furtado's Style Evolution Through the Years
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