D.Smith is using her talents to amplify voices that need to be heard
Kokomo City started making waves in 2023, the two-time Grammy-nominated producer worked with top-tier artists from Lil Wayne to Monica to Andre 3000.
But with Kokomo City, she had something she needed to say to the industry that turned its back on her, and to the world. Smith’s film follows four Atlanta-based trans women—Daniela Carter, Koko Da Doll, Dominque Silver, and Liyah Mitchell—who do sex work.
They also live their lives, have fun, and joke around. The women are allowed, on camera, to be exactly who they are.A post shared by KOKOMO CITY (@kokomocityfilm)Too often, the media’s relationship to Black transness can feel predatory.
We repeat wrong statistics, report on the deaths of white cis women and trans women with greater care, and do nothing to actually protect the most vulnerable part of the American population at this moment.
