D. Smith

he/him

Job title
producer   singer-songwriter   director  
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man   Black  
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Biography

D. Smith (born July 20, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, reality television personality, and documentary filmmaker. He worked on Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards and won Best Rap Album. In 2016, he made his reality-tv debut on season five of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.

His debut documentary Kokomo City (2023) follows four Black transgender sex workers and premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

1. “D. Smith,” Wikipedia, October 7, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D._Smith&oldid=1379071129.
Filmography
  • Black and white film noir style photograph of a Black trans woman laying on her back on a hotel bed and gazing towards the ceiling with a cigarette daintily in her hand. The caption "Their bodies. Their business" is placed in a small but bright yellow font at the bottom of the poster. The film title is in a yellow neon-sign style of writing at the top center of the poster.

    Kokomo City

    film/video, 2023

    Director, Producer, Cinematographer/Director of Photography, Editor, Other

References
Mullen, Pat. “D. Smith Talks KOKOMO CITY and Trans Representation.” POV Magazine, January 22, 2023. https://povmagazine.com/d-smith-talks-kokomo-city-and-trans-representation/.1. “D. Smith,” Wikipedia, October 7, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D._Smith&oldid=1379071129.