{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sug Daniels | image = Sug Daniels.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Daniels performing at Motorco Music Hall in Durham, North Carolina in 2024 | landscape = | alt = | birth_date = Danielle Johnson | birth_place = Smyrna, Delaware, U.S. | origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | instruments = vocals<br>guitar<br>ukulele | genre = Contemporary R&B<br>Contemporary folk | occupation = singer-songwriter | years_active = | label = Don Giovanni Records | associated_acts = Hoochi Coochi<br>FlowCity | website = [https://sugdaniels.com/ sugdaniels.com] }} '''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 Smyrna.<ref name= firstavenue>{{Cite web|url=https://first-avenue.com/performer/sug-daniels/|title=Sug Daniels}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://highnoteblog.com/episode-40-sug-daniels/|title=Episode 40 - Sug Daniels|first=Shaun|last=Smith|date=August 14, 2024|website=The High Note}}</ref> She was raised in the Southern Baptist faith but left after coming out as queer.<ref name= canvas>{{Cite web|url=https://canvasrebel.com/meet-sug-daniels/|title=Meet Sug Daniels|website=canvasrebel.com}}</ref><ref name= grey>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greymatter.fm/community/greylist-sug-daniels|title=Sug Daniels | Grey Matter|website=www.greymatter.fm}}</ref>
== Career == Johnson is a singer-songwriter and combines elements of folk music and rhythm and blues in her work.<ref name= npr>{{Cite web|url=https://livesessions.npr.org/artists/sug-daniels|title=Live Sessions|website=Live Sessions}}</ref> She previously was a rapper and singer in the musical projects Hoochi Coochi and FlowCity before embarking on a career as a solo artist.<ref name= grey/><ref name= canvas/>
In 2022, she released the single "Lightning In A Bottle" with John Faye.<ref name= firstavenue/> In 2023, she released the single "When I'm Gone" with Don Giovanni Records.<ref name= firstavenue/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xpn.org/2023/03/09/paisley-fields-sug-daniels-ortliebs/|title=Paisley Fields, Sug Daniels, and Sean Barna kick off their journey to Texas at Ortlieb's|website=WXPN | Vinyl At Heart}}</ref> Daniels toured and opened for The Black Opry Revue, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Molly Tuttle, Adeem the Artist, and William Elliott Whitmore.
Her debut studio album is scheduled to be released in 2025.<ref name= daniels>{{Cite web|url=https://sugdaniels.com/|title=Sug Daniels|website=sugdaniels.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xpn.org/2024/07/19/sug-daniels-johnny-brendas/|title=Sug Daniels and friends bring a stellar school night hang to Johnny Brenda's|first=Ellen|last=Miller|website=WXPN | Vinyl At Heart}}</ref>
== Personal life == She lives in Philadelphia with her partner Andrea and another Philadelphia singer songwriter Donnie Coco.<ref name= firstavenue/>
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