Smith was born in
North Long Beach, California. He is the son of singer Dora Gail Smith, formerly of the all girl Long Beach jazz quartet Dream, and
Union Pacific Railroad worker Richard Smith. As a teenager, Smith was in a
psychedelic rock band called The Griffin with his cousin J-Sun, later of the band Stonewing. Following this, he played guitar and sang with a
reggae band called Jah Children, which played backyard parties in Long Beach and occasionally opened for
Sublime. Smith was also a member of band All Day with Randy Bradbury of
Pennywise and Paul McFadyen. Smith was not active in the band after they reunited in 2012. Smith and Eric Wilson went on to form Long Beach Shortbus. The band later split in October 2007. On March 21, 2022, RAS-1 announced he was working on new music with Jungle Josh and
Fat Mike of
NOFX. ==See also==