Beyond his music and acting pursuits—and the “Black, hood, and futuristic novel he says he's finished—D Smoke is working on restoring a boxing gym he trained at in his youth. But for the most part, he's trying to tap into whatever energy he can best channel.

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.

You speak a lot of Spanish on your album, I know you're fluent so how did you learn it? Where did that come from? Well, since I was 10 I always wanted to learn it. First class I took was at Inglewood High, and then I just continued at UCLA.