Elliott Wilson

Journalist

Elliott Wilson was born in Queens, New York, United States on January 14th, 1971 and is the Journalist. At the age of 53, Elliott Wilson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 14, 1971
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, United States
Age
53 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Journalist, Music Journalist, Television Producer
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LaGuardia Community College
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Danyel Smith ​(m. 2005)​
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Elliott Wilson Life

Elliott Wilson (born January 14, 1971) is an American journalist, television journalist, and magazine editor.

Rap Radar's founder and CEO is he.

He has served as editor-in-chief of XXL Magazine in the past.

He began using the spelling "YN" for his editorials while he was still on the radio. Elliott has interviewed and profiled a number of artists, including Jay-Z, Drake and Mary J. Blige, throughout his career.

Early life

Elliott Wilson was born in Queens, New York, on January 14, 1971. His father, who is of African origins, and his mother, Maria is of Ecuadorian and Greek descent. He attended William Cullen Bryant High School and graduated in Liberal Arts from LaGuardia Community College in 1992. Kenneth and Steven are his two younger brothers.

Personal life

Wilson and his partner, Danyel Smith, live in Brooklyn, New York. In June 2005, they were married in Los Angeles.

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Elliott Wilson Career

Writing career

Wilson has been writing and talking about hip hop and rap music since 1992, when he became music editor for Beat-Down Newspaper. He is the co-author of two critically acclaimed books, "Book of Rap Lists" and "Big Book of Racism!". Both books were created in the spirit of the short-lived magazine Ego trip. In 2004 Entertainment Weekly named the ego trip collective one of the "25 Funniest People in America". Wilson has written for a number of publications, including GQ, VIBE, and Rolling Stone.

In spring of 1996 Wilson went to College Music Journal as a beat-box editor. At the end of that year he was promoted as music editor of The Source magazine. In September, 1999, Wilson went to work at Harris Publications as editor-in-chief of XXL Magazine, and in 2005 he launched their website, XXLmag.com. He also co-created Hip-Hop Soul. In 2004, Wilson co-executive produced VH1’s TV’s Illest Minority Moments: Presented by ego trip. In 2005 Wilson co-executive produced three specials for VH1, under the Ego trip’s "Race-O-Rama: Blackaphobia, In Race We Lust, and Dude Where’s My Ghetto Pass?". In January 2007, VH1 debuted the eight-episode series Ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show, where Wilson served as co-executive producer. In April 2008, VH1 debuted Ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme, where Wilson also served as co-executive producer. In 2010 Wilson became RESPECT.'s editor-in-chief.

Wilson's tenure at XXL ended in January 2008 under controversial circumstances. On March 9, 2009, in partnership with Paul Rosenberg, he launched RapRadar.com, a webpage that documents mainstream hip-hop and rap culture in real time. Rap Radar has been nominated for best hip-hop web site for the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2010, Wilson became editor of RESPECT. magazine. In 2012, Wilson launched "Keep It Thoro", a two-hour weekly show on East Village Radio. The show, hosted by Wilson, features new music, and interviews with today's most popular and relevant artists. Since the summer of 2012, Keep It Thoro has been EVR's No. 1 overall show.

In 2011, The Hollywood Reporter named Wilson to its list of "Top 20 Music Industry Innovators". Billboard named Elliott to its "Twitter 140" in 2011 and 2012, a list of the most influential people in the music business. In 2011, MTV listed Wilson as one of six "Hip-hop Culture MVPs". He has appeared as an expert on ABC, CNN, MTV, MTV2, VH1, BET, among others.

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