Akilah Hughes

About

Upright Citizens Brigade-trained comedian and YouTube personality with a channel titled smoothiefreak who posts sketch comedy, social commentary, and beauty-related content. She has accumulated over 130,000 subscribers on her Akilah Obviously channel. 

Before Fame

She was involved in broadcasting and speech communications with a focus on mass communications in college. She aspired to be a news anchor on Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.

Trivia

She landed gigs as a writer with Fusion, HelloGiggles, SheKnows, and Refinery29. One of her most popular YouTube videos is a sketch about having a black girlfriend. It has amassed over 1 million views. 

Family Life

She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and relocated to Brooklyn, New York. She grew up with an older brother. She has a nephew named Mason and a niece named Nadia.

Associated With

When she competed on the show Million Second Quiz, she had the opportunity to meet Al Roker and Ryan Seacrest.