At the tender age of five, D.Folks was already singing his way to the top, even though he didn't know it. Moving from grade school, to high school where he played football and then college with track, he realized something was missing. "I just figured out that was my calling and that was my gift," D.Folks recalled.

Describing his sound as a "breath of fresh air" mixed with a little "old" and a little "new," he respects those musicians who came before him. "Musically I grew up on Prince. Prince is like my favorite artist," D.Folks states as he recalls the first time he was introduced to this legendary great. "I remember my cousin was babysitting me one summer and she had a 1999 record. I was real young and I put that record on, and I listened to that the whole week she was watching me." Another artist D.Folks admires is the late Donny Hathaway. "This musician I met ... he heard me sing and turned me on to Donny Hathaway. Donny is like the type of singer where he's in the pocket can sing low, high, falsetto and it's smooth and straight."

Both Prince and Hathaway have had a tremendous influence on D.Folks, but he cannot forget those artists he has met personally as well. D.Folks has worked with some of today's hottest artists including Floetry, Faith Evens, Nappy Roots and even performed in front of Erykah Badu. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.