Written By: Maui Bigelow

If you know anything about street code, you know the importance of supplying the demand. This is something Detroit rapper, Arkeisha Antoinette Knight better known as Kash Doll has been doing her entire life.

The oldest of six siblings, Kash Doll began working to help her single mother support their family at a young age. She briefly attended college but decided to take her talents to the strip club in an effort to ensure her family’s financial needs were met. So yeah, before the fame in the music and television industries, there was a demand for Kash and as a born hustler, she did what needed to be done to supply that demand.

I had the pleasure of interviewing the beautiful lyricist on the set of her Hype Hair photoshoot where her love for music was apparent. Kash Doll made request after request and to my surprise, she was in her R&B bag most of the night. What is this, has motherhood softened her, is she a certified lover girl? Maybe a little of both but she is obviously a lover of music and how could she not be? She hails from one of the most soulful places on the map, so music runs deep. At a young age, Kash Doll began free-styling and writing lyrics and once she built relationships and gained respect in the strip club, she introduced people to her true gifts. That confidence was the beginning; it created a unique opportunity for the “Everybody” rapper who admits to making thousands per night in the strip club without dancing to supply yet another demand for Kash. 

Founder/CEO of London Summers brand, a black owned brand that offers luxury beauty products for teen girls/women.

London Summers starred as the leading lady of Yung Bleu’s “Miss It” music video reaching over 90+ million views on vevo, she played as Theresa in the major motion picture saving Zoe based on the New York Times best seller and competed in the Miss Georgia USA pageant with the title Miss Peach state USA . London also modeled for major brands such as HypeHair, Mac Duggal, Oldnavy, she started her career as a former teen beauty queen and winning modeling competitions and worked on major productions such as CBS, VH1, Drumline A new beat plus more.

The School of The Arts graduate is currently training to compete for Miss California USA, her competition goal is to be crowned as Miss California USA with the intent to use her platform as a new representation of black american beautyand promote black female ownership, body positivity, health/wellness and women empowerment. 

Along with entertainment and entrepreneurship, she has merged her passion for philanthropy by partnering with Lighthouse shelter to sponsor women who are homeless with children with beauty products to uplift/beautify them, most recently she and her philanthropy team donated $4,000 worth of SKIMS to the women’s shelter.

As the 5th generation, she credits her grandmothers and mother/manager (Nicco) who raised her for being the inspiration and examples that taught her to stay true to herself, do good in the world and keep God first.

In the summer of 2022, London created/founded the London Summers brand with a mission to help teen girls/women look and feel confident, beautiful and powerful. Within 12 short months in business her new brand has expanded from local shipping to nationwide shipping including Hawaii attracting online visitors from U.K and India. 

London Summers brand has shipped beauty products to Mama Jan, Grammy® nominated producer/vocal coach of Justin Bieber and Usher as well as R&B singer Tweet plus more and recently partnered with an international runway show (Lumiere Runway) in Hollywood as an official sponsor which provided London Summers beauty products for important VIP guests.

You can visit London Summers brand online at LondonSummersBrand.com

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