Akilah Hughes

About Akilah Hughes

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Akilah Saidah Kamaria Hughes is an American writer, comedian, Youtuber, podcaster, and actress. She has worked as a digital reporter for MTV, HBO, Fusion TV and Comedy Central. She started her career on a YouTube channel, “It's Akilah, Obviously!”, Which has attracted over 150,000 subscribers. In October 2019, she and journalist Gideon Resnick became co-hosts of What a Day, a Crooked Media podcast.

Years active	2006–present
Alma mater	Berea College
Occupation	Comedian, Author, YouTuber, podcast host
Born	Akilah Saidah Kamaria Hughes, August 31, 1989, Florence, Kentucky, U.S.

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Trivia

She landed gigs as a writer with Fusion, HelloGiggles, SheKnows and Refinery29.

Akilah Hughes before fame

She worked in radio and speech communications in college, with a focus on mass communications. She wanted to be a news anchor on Saturday Night Live's weekend update.

Achievement of Akilah Hughes

Fusion, HelloGiggles, SheKnows, and Refinery29 all hired her as a writer.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Akilah Hughes family life

She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, when she was a child. She had an elder brother when she was growing up. Mason, her nephew, and Nadia, her niece, are her siblings.

Associations of Akilah Hughes

She had the pleasure to meet Al Roker and Ryan Seacrest when she competed on the show Million Second Quiz.

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