Features : From Music To TV, Kash Doll Proves It’s Still A Big Momma Thang

Kash Doll has a new baby on her hands, which she is adamant was well worth the wait.

Speaking on the line with VIBE on a Monday afternoon, her excitement over the recent arrival is palpable in her Midwestern twang. She ensures us that her latest contribution to the world is a handful. But given the time she spent creating and breathing life into it, she hopes we cherish it as much as she does. 

Kashton, the rapper’s adorable one-year-old son, is not the bundle of joy she’s doting on at the moment. Yes, the toddler—her first child with Detroit rapper Tracy T—is the center of her universe; he dominates her social feed and lives like a prince. Yet, the latest labor of love that’s left Kash Doll occupied is her new mixtape Back on Dexter. Her first Gangsta Grillz mixtape with DJ Drama marks a return to both the music scene and her Detroit roots. 

“Dexter is the street I grew up on. It’s really one of the rough areas in Detroit and that’s where I came from,” she notes.

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The rapper’s name and music may ring bells nationally, but her hometown remains her main source of inspiration. Back on Dexter finds Kash Doll forging ties with fellow hometown heroes and Midwest luminaries, including Babyface Ray, Icewear Vezzo, Sada Baby, Peezy, Payroll Giovanni, and Lakeyah. Her choice of lyrical co-conspirators gives the tape a distinctly steely groove that makes it a solid return from a lengthy hiatus. 

Even in her evolution as a thespian, the city looms large. Detroit serves as the backdrop of the hit Starz drama BMF, on which she reprised her role as Monique for the series’ second season. The omnipresence of the blocks that helped shape her has fueled her rise to stardom and served as a reminder of how far she’s come. 

VIBE spoke with Kash Doll about Back on Dexter, her burgeoning acting career, motherhood, and the continued embrace of her Detroit roots.