Danyel Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Danyel Smith

American journalist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1965

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States

Profession: journalist, music journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Danyel Smith (born June 23, 1965) is an American magazine editor and journalist.
Smith 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.