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.

In March 2015, she signed with BMB records, but quickly began to dislike he treatment with the label. In December of the same year, she broke her contract and released her first mixtape, Keisha vs. Kash Doll via MyMixtapez, which was soon taken down. Kash Doll became a rising star and had the opportunity to work with bigger names. The rapper then entered a legal battle with BMB records, during which time she was forbidden from releasing her original music to streaming platforms. Music she released during this period was taken down by her former label.

In 2016, she released her EP Kashin’ Out and her mixtape Trapped in The Dollhouse. That same year, she was the opener for Drake and Future’s Summer 16 tour show in Detroit. She also released KDMOJI, a custom emoji app.

By the end of 2017, she her legal battle with BMB Records was over. and was able to release music again. In 2018, she dropped Brat Mail and The Vault. The same year, she signed to Republic Records and released her single “Ice Me Out”. Then, in 2019 she featured on Iggy Azalea’s song “Fuck It Up” and released her debut album Stacked.