On Sunday (June 18), Grammy-nominated D Smoke will acquire the Key to the City at some point of the Inglewood Juneteenth Street Festival. The rapper, whose actual title is Daniel Anthony Farris, stated this was once a remarkable honor for him to be diagnosed by means of the metropolis he grew up in.
“I couldn’t be greater honored to be the 2nd individual in records to be awarded the key to the metropolis of Inglewood,” D Smoke wrote, in accordance to two Urban Girls. “To see the modifications it incurred and to recognize that Black organizations nevertheless thrive and we’re a section of its increase makes me proud!”
A graduate of UCLA with a diploma in Spanish, he rocked the world in 2019 as the winner of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow series.
His dedication to his neighborhood impressed many of the judges, which includes returning to his alma mater, Inglewood High School, to instruct Spanish and tune theory. Producer, author and actress Issa Rae was once the first character to acquire the Key to the City. In 2022, for the duration of the Taste of Inglewood Festival, the metropolis bestowed the honor on her for the duration of Super Bowl weekend.
On Friday (June 16), D Smoke and his brother SiR simply dropped a new single titled “Work Hard Play Hard.”
While the new tune is a summer time banger, one tune from his catalog, “North Star” with Mumu Fresh speaks to the sacredness of the Juneteenth vacation