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Kash Doll

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Born
March 14, 1989 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth name
Arkeisha Antoinette Knight
Height
5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

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Arkeisha Knight (Kash Doll) was born and raised in Detroit. Knight grew up in large family with six siblings. Her father passed away on her first birthday. She attended Henry Ford school and then Detroit City High after she was expelled due to bad behavior.

She started working from early age and had several different jobs from babysitting to working in Little Caesar's Pizza and Best Buy. She also worked in the entertainment industry as an exotic dancer sometimes making $26k a night. In 2014 Kash Doll made a remix of Tinashe's track 2 On which gained in popularity and hit the airwaves via Detroit's radio station WGPR 107.5. She started colloborating with many artists such as Icewear Vezzo, Trina and Ca$h Out. Later she signed with BMB records. In 2015 Kash Doll released her first mixtape Keisha vs. Kash Doll where she colloborated with Trina, Lyrica Anderson and B.O.B. It sold 600,000 on the first two days and was an unexpected success. Kash Doll became a rising star and had the opportunity to work with bigger names. In 2016 she released her EP titled Keisha Vs Kash Doll on her own label "KashDoll Enterprises, She performed alongside Drake in the Summer 16 Tour in Detroit. In 2017, Kash Doll announced she would be making her television debut on BET's Hiphop Awards 2017 via social media she also announced that she was in a bad contract with former label BMB records and was unable to release , In January Of 2018 Kash Doll then announced she was released from the contract and was featured on Big Sean's Song "So Good.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kash Doll
Arkeisha Antoinette Knight, known professionally as Kash Doll, is an American rapper and actress from Detroit, Michigan. Signed to Republic Records, she is best known for her singles "For Everybody" (2017) and "Ice Me Out" (2018), the latter of which became the lead single from her debut album Stacked (2019). Kash Doll has collaborated with artists including Meek Mill, Big Sean, Iggy Azalea, and K. Michelle.

Kash Doll was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. The oldest of six siblings, she began working at a young age to help her single mother support their family. She had the desire to rap at an early age and started free-styling and writing lyrics as a young girl.

She attended Henry Ford College for business management but left after a year. To support the financial needs of her family, Kash became a strip club dancer. While working as a dancer, Kash would rap and eventually started earning money from patrons at the nightclub without having to dance. It was reported that one night she made $26,000.

Early in her career, Kash Doll performed in local clubs, schools and charity events in the Detroit area. Kash Doll later signed a deal with a local recording company in Detroit which later fell through. She then began using social media to build a following by releasing short videos of herself rapping. Drake used Instagram to invite her to open a show for him on his Summer Sixteen tour stop in Detroit.

Kash Doll remixed Tinashe's single "2 On" in 2015. She then released a video for a single called "Run Me My Money", which went viral in 2015. That same year she released her mix-tape, Keisha vs Kash Doll. In December 2017, Kash Doll appeared on Big Sean and Metro Boomin's single "So Good". After being released from her previous deal, on July 16, 2018, she released an EP called The Vault on streaming platforms. One music video from the EP, "For Everybody", received over 10 million views on YouTube.

She released a mix-tape called Brat Mail on her birthday in 2018. It was dedicated to her fans, who she refers to as "bratz". In August 2018, Kash Doll signed a record deal with Republic Records. She then released her first single as a part of that deal, "Ice Me Out". Kash released a single called "Hustla" in April 2019, which highlights her experiences from working at strip clubs. She stated that she is trying to awareness for and advocate on behalf of the women in that industry. On June 7, 2019, Kash Doll released a new single titled "Kitten" that features American rapper Lil Wayne. Kash Doll featured on Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's single Iggy Azalea Feat. Kash Doll: Fuck It Up (2019) from Azalea's 2019 studio album, In My Defense. Kash was also an opening performer for Meek Mill's 2019 The Motivation Tour.

She made her TV debut as herself in 2 episodes of Empire (2015) in 2020. She has a recurring role as Monique in Starz series BMF (2021) as of 2021.

In September 2021, Kash Doll announced on Instagram that she was expecting her first child with Atlanta rapper, Tracy T. She gave birth to their son on January 6, 2022.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mahou 5 star