Artist Camille Baldwin Almost Quit Painting — Now Her Work Is a D Smoke Album Cover

When three-time Grammy-nominated rapper D Smoke performs this Sunday, Nov. 2 at San Francisco’s August Hall, he’ll be promoting his latest album, Wake Up Supa.

The album is a 2025 standout, with features from Snoop Dogg, aja monet, BJ the Chicago Kid and Lucky Daye, as well as the Bay Area’s own LaRussell, JANE HANDCOCK and Miles Minnick.

With bilingual bars, banging beats and heartfelt messages about the recent passing of his mother, Jackie Gouché Farris, D Smoke’s album runs deep.

So deep, in fact, the album’s cover art alone is a story in and of itself. It’s a tale about perseverance and self-efficacy. It’s also about leveraging modern technology and rejoicing in a connection created by a higher power.

The painting shows a young person, standing with their back turned to the viewer.