American writer, comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, and actress
Akilah Hughes
Born
Akilah Saidah Kamaria Hughes
(1989-08-31) August 31, 1989 (age 34)
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater
Berea College
Occupations
Comedian
Author
YouTuber
podcast host
Years active
2006–present
YouTube information
Channel
Itsakilahobviously
Subscribers
145 thousand[1]
Total views
11.6 million[1]
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: July 24, 2022
Website
itsakilahobviously.com
Akilah Saidah Kamaria Hughes[2] (born August 31, 1989) is an American writer, comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, and actress. She has been a digital correspondent for MTV, HBO, Fusion TV, and Comedy Central. She began her career on a YouTube channel, "It's Akilah, Obviously!", which has amassed more than 150,000 subscribers. From October 2019 to July 2021, she co-hosted the Crooked Media podcast What a Day, alongside journalist Gideon Resnick.[3]
^ ab"About Itsakilahobviously". YouTube.
^Hughes, Akilah (2019-09-24). "What's in a Name?". Obviously: Stories From My Timeline. Razorbill. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-101-99890-8.
^Jarvey, Natalie (2019-10-21). "Crooked Media Expands Into Daily Podcasts With 'What a Day'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
Akilah Saidah Kamaria Hughes (born August 31, 1989) is an American writer, comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, and actress. She has been a digital correspondent...
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from Reed Bye and Akilah Oliver. 2011, Akilah Oliver: 3 Readings (14 min), directed by Ed Bowes. Poetry and performance by Akilah Oliver. 2012, The Value...
death is tainted. I want no part in it", The Guardian, 20 November 2011. Akilah Russell, "Police Apologise To Duggan Family", The Voice, 10 August 2011...
special assistant to Robert F. Kennedy Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes (B.A. 2006) – founder of the Akilah Institute in Kigali, Rwanda's first women's college Howard...
Emily Hughes claimed that Flora had multiple extra-marital affairs, one of which was with her. Hughes' affair with Flora took place while Hughes worked...
Reverend Gary Davis, 76, blues and gospel singer and guitarist May 12 – David Hughes, 43, operatic tenor (heart failure) June 8 – Jimmy Rushing, 70, blues and...
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