Danielle Johnson, known professionally as Sug Daniels, is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

Early life

Johnson was born in Delaware and grew up in

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. She was raised in the

Southern Baptist The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization, the largest Protestantism in the United States, Pr ...

faith but left after

coming out Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...

as queer.

Career

Johnson is a singer-songwriter and combines elements of

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

and

rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predomina ...

in her work. She previously was a rapper and singer in the musical projects Hoochi Coochi and FlowCity before embarking on a career as a solo artist. In 2022, she released the single "Lightning In A Bottle" with John Faye. In 2023, she released the single "When I'm Gone" with

Don Giovanni Records Don Giovanni Records is an independent record label originally specializing in punk rock from the New Brunswick, New Jersey music scene but eventually working with a variety of artists from different genres. Its also operated out of Lansing, Mic ...

. Daniels toured and opened for The Black Opry Revue, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers,

Molly Tuttle Molly Rose Tuttle (born January 14, 1993) is an American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, recording artist, and teacher in the bluegrass tradition. She is noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, and crosspicking guitar prowess. S ...

, Adeem the Artist, and William Elliott Whitmore. Her debut studio album is scheduled to be released in 2025.

Personal life

She lives in

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with her partner Andrea and another Philadelphia singer songwriter Donnie Coco.

References

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