Desmond Omar Smith (born April 3rd, 1990), better known by his stage name Teck Treyz (/tay-k tr-ayz), is an American independent hip-hop artist, and songwriter from Sacramento, California. His first round of success came in 2019, with the release of his first successful collaborative track, Find A Way,” with artists J Kent & Aj Wesley. Streaming over several thousand streams and counting his name grew popular over time as he was invited to perform the single at several high school & college auditoriums & the hometown NBA Arena for the Sacramento Kings. 
 His 2020 breakout collaborative single "The Life I Live" with artists, Henny Holyfield & Dirk Dig was number one for 5 weeks on several internet radio stations in the United States and broke out for over 1 Million digital streams on WorldStar Hip-Hop at the time of its release. Currently he is peaking over three hundred thousand digital streams independently on his personal YouTube network. After releasing two albums & one EP through his own label "Full Proof", in 2020, Teck has received attention from from several California labels & distribution companies.