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Fans just can't get enough of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" newbie D. Smith, and we can't say that we blame them.
Not only is the famed music producer turned reality star one of the chicest ladies to join the season five cast, but she's been completely transparent with co-stars and fans about her current transition from male to female.
"Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" already broke reality TV barriers by introducing the first openly gay couple on season two of the series, and Smith is continuing to break the glass ceiling with her inspiring journey to inner peace.
Find out more about D. Smith and her journey, and check out our list of the top six things to know about the LHHATL newbie below:
6. She's not afraid of any backlash she may receive from joining the show: "I honestly am not. Everyone that knows me just tells me to be myself. I just want to show people who I am, so I just want to be myself and I understand in real life everyone's not going to like you. I'm prepared for people not to like me."
5. There are certain aspects about her transition she plans on keeping private: "Well, who's to say I haven't had any surgeries? There is limit to more intimate areas or surgeries that I don't really feel the need to disclose. I'm going to be transparent about everything that I'm comfortable with and I'll know when to stop because I wont feel comfortable. But if it's the right person who knows, you know?"
4. Her family is very supportive: "My family is proud of me. They've always been proud of me since I was a child. This is no exception. It's a little different and it's a lot for them to take in because number one, me transitioning is a topic of discussion in my family. It's taken a year but they're coming around, particularly my dad. My brothers and my sisters? They don't care. They're happy and they're cool and they want to know what's next," she said. "My dad genuinely is interested. He's excited for me and I told him about the show and he told me to send him any links any pictures or anything, any news. He totally wants to see it."
3. Fans may get a glimpse of her love life: "I am very protective of people that I care about or that I'm attracted to because I just want to give things like that a fair shot so I'm not rushing trying to bring someone to the show but it's probably going to happen. I think so."
2. She joined reality TV to expose more of her music: "Honestly, I think we're in a new day and age from when I was a child and you [would] stand in front of L.A. Reid and you do two songs, and you prepare to put out a single and you have a huge campaign towards you album. Those days are pretty much done. I just want to go with what's happening because I still want to reach people and I still want to reach a demographic that I may not be able to reach with my music and just the platform [of 'Love & Hip Hop'] itself, I think is really good."
1. She's finally comfortable opening up about her transition: "I've had a really good transition. It's been really peaceful," she said. "Unfortunately, I kind of understand why because a lot of trans girls don't have any boundaries. They put themselves and put people in situations were it's almost misleading or deceiving. It's like you take a picture with Nelly [rapper], the next thing you know it's on the blogs that you guys are dating. Clearly, I'm not that type of person, I don't need that sort accolade to be who I am but it happens. It could be something's he's dealing with too. It wasn't the time for me to address that. Of course, I was embarrassed and a little disappointed but I walked away, and my friends walked away with me. It was just like, wow, that's never happened to me before, ever. So, I'm thinking, oh my god, imagine all the girls that really go it really bad."
Check out D. Smith's full interview HERE.
For more D. Smith, tune into "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" every Monday at 8 p.m. on VH1.
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