Kash Doll (real name Arkeisha Antoinette Knight) is gearing up to become a mother of two very soon, and she plans on rebranding her public identity accordingly.
The Detroit native made an appearance on Way Up With Angela Yee in March to discuss upcoming music as well as being pregnant with her second child. At one point, both subjects even overlapped over a conversation about the title of her next album.
“I’m juggling between a few things, ” she said. “I was going to say The Last Doll, and it means so much, right? Like I think I’ma leave the ‘doll’ stuff alone. I think I’m going to give it to my child — hopefully it’s a girl. I’ma go ahead and pass that down.”
When the host asked her what she plans on going by moving forward, she referred to her real name and answered: “Keisha. I’m a grown woman with two kids — I don’t want to be called a doll no more. And then it’s so many dolls. Shout out to them, y’know what I’m saying, but it’s like every time my name is brought up, it’s like, ‘Who’s the best doll?’”
In mid-March, the “Ice Me Out” hitmaker revealed that she’s pregnant with her second child by MMG rapper Tracy T, and she couldn’t have been more thrilled.
In an Instagram post shared on March 14, which also happened to be the rapper’s 32nd birthday, she showed off her baby bump while revealing that her second baby would also be “her last,” which is perhaps the inspiration behind her upcoming LP’s working title.
“It’s my birthday and God bless me with another one!!!” she wrote. “This birthday is special bc I’m sharing it with my last child [misty eyed emoji] so no drinks, no snatch waist, no outside but listen y’all I’m so grateful and blessed to b in the position I’m in i wouldn’t trade my hand with no oneee!!”
During an interview with PEOPLE, she recalled finding out about the pregnancy while vacationing in Turks and Caicos with her partner back in October. The pair, who are also parents to two-year-old Kashton, were celebrating the MC’s birthday when they got the news.
“I gave Tracy a bankroll of money for his birthday, and I clipped the pregnancy test on the back,” she said. “When he turned it over, he started smiling. I took a video of it. He was so happy.”
