Arkeisha Knight (Kash Doll) was born and raised in Detroit. Knight grew up in a big 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 an 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 $26k a night.
Kash Doll began rapping in 2013. In 2014, she made a remix of Tinashe’s track “2 On” which gained popularity and first hit airwaves via Detroit’s radio station WGPR 107.5. She started collaborating with many artists such as Icewear Vezzo, Lil STL, and Ca$h Out.