D Smoke Loft

CL’s Joshua Robinson recommends: Fans of Netflix’s televised Hip-Hop competition Rhythm + Flow couldn’t possibly forget about D Smoke, the bilingual Inglewood, California native who impressed celebrity judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I. so much that he was crowned the show’s inaugural winner. Following his breakthrough with Rhythm + Flow, D Smoke has independently released two full length albums — 2020’s Black Habits and 2021’s War & Wonders — and earned himself two Grammy nominations. After pushing back his War & Wonders Tour to 2022, the 36-year-old rapper is now hitting 20 cities across North America with support from Tiffany Gouché, singer-writer, violinist, and D Smoke’s wife Sherie, and Atlanta’s own Domani. All of the artists featured on the bill bring plenty of soul to their performances, and the intimacy of the Loft will undoubtedly make D Smoke’s upcoming show even more spectacular. — JR