Danyel Smith
| Danyel Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 23, 1965 Oakland, California |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Journalism |
| Alma mater | University of California |
| Occupation | Journalist, magazine editor |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Known for | Celebrity interviews |
| Spouse(s) | Elliott Wilson |
| Website | danyelsmith |
Danyel Smith (born June 23, 1965) is an American magazine editor and journalist. Danyel is a 2014 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She is also writing a history of African-American women in pop music. Smith is also the former editor of Billboard and the first African-American editor of the magazine. Also, she is the former chief content officer of Vibe Media Group and former editor-in-chief of Vibe and vibe.com. She was the first African-American, and first female editor of Vibe.
Among other outlets, Smith has written for Elle, Time, Cosmopolitan, Essence, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, CNN, Rolling Stone, Condé Nast Publications, Ebony and NPR.
Danyel was born and raised in Oakland, California. She graduated in 1983 from St. Mary's Academy in Inglewood, California, and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Her mother is of Filipino and African-American descent. She has one younger sister, Raquel. In addition, she has a younger stepsister, Nicole, and stepbrother Keith. Danyel currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Elliott Wilson. They were married in Los Angeles in June 2005.
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