D Smoke with special guest Jean Dawson

The ASU 365 Community Union presents D Smoke with special guest Jean Dawson as part of the Fall 2021 Coca-Cola Sun Deck Concert Series at Sun Devil Stadium. 

Tickets will go on sale Monday, June 28 through Ticketmaster. All concerts on the Coca-Cola Sun Deck are general admission, standing room only. ASU's clear bag policy is in effect for events at Sun Devil Stadium. Access to the Coca-Cola Sun Deck is available through the north east stadium gate, as is night-of-show box office.

Daniel​ “D Smoke” ​Farris​ is a refreshing embodiment of raw Los Angeles.

Hailing from Inglewood, California, Smoke personifies the city’s potent cultural duality: ​nurtured by the boulevards and ​natured​ by a family’s legacy in Gospel music. Smoke dove fingers-first into classical piano at the age of six, honing his talents at church and eventually lending vocals to the late Michael Jackson. Focusing on the creative arts helped him to circumvent the throes of violence present on his doorstep and propelled him into the classrooms of UCLA. During his matriculation, D Smoke was a beacon of light for his city, becoming a voice for the voiceless, using language, culture and music as tools to bridge institutionalized gaps and spreading the gospel of a united, Los Angeles culture.

Jean Dawson is equal parts musician and visual artist. Half Mexican and half Black, Jean was born in San Diego, CA and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. He became obsessed with music on his daily five-hour treks across the Mexican / American border to attend school in the US.  

Raised by a single working-class Mexican mother, listening to rock and rap alongside the Latin sounds enveloping him, Jean Dawson began recording and performing at the age of 14, inspired by Nirvana, Mike Jones, Beach Fossils, Kanye West, The Smiths, Outkast, N.E.R.D. and 50 Cent alike. Attending college for directorial studies, Jean leaned further into art and exploration in his work, challenging the notions of hyper-masculinity underpinning his Mexican and Black cultures. His 2019 EP 'Bad Sports' discussed these concepts, touching on intimacy, discussing depression and heavily pushing back against social norms.