Light Skin Keisha is an American Musician, Actress, TV Personality and Social Media Influencer from Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.
The multi-talented American gracefully walked into the fame scenery through her infectious social media rants before switching to music and acting.
Light Skin Keisha is widely known for songs like Still Can’t Do and Big Bank Keisha.
Asides her musical prowess, the public figure is also a well celebrated actress with screen appearances on films like Power Book II: Ghost and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.
Read more to learn about her age, boyfriend, wiki, networth, bio, height, weight, family, ethnicity, nationality, religion, facts and more.
What is Light Skin Keisha’s real name?
Light Skin Keisha goes by the real name, Samantha Deshaun.
However, her brand name, Light Skin Keisha, as she said was inspired by the movie Belly.
Here, she fell in love with an alpha female character “Keisha” played excellently by a black woman whose role commanded respect and fear.
Light Skin Keisha Wiki/Biography
The creative all-rounder was born on the 4th of September, 1999 into an African-American family.
She shares the same birthday with the world most revered musician and performer, Beyonce.
Light Skin Keisha is a Virgo.
She had her Elementary education in her area of residence.
Whilst in elementary school, Light Skin Keisha was part of her school’s cheerleading group for over 13 years.
An activity, she recounts was very enjoyable to her and because of how invested her coach was in her natural abilities.
Light Skin Keisha was always placed in front of the team to co-lead at presentations.
This built her stage presence and grew her skills more technically at performing.
Proceeding to High School, Light Skin Keisha stayed with this part of her as she identified with another cheerleading group.
Upon graduating from High School, the entertainer went on to work multiple jobs with no plans for college due to financial incapacitation.
| Real Name | Samantha Deshaun |
| Nickname | Light Skin Keisha |
| Profession | Musician, Actress, TV Personality and Social Media Influencer |
| Age | 25 (as of 2024) |
| Date of Birth | 4th September, 1999 |
| Birthplace | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Homeplace | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Afro-American |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Height | 5’6” |
| Weight | 62kg |
| Education | Not Disclosed |
| Hobbies | Photography, Performing |
| Famous for | Rap, Acting and Social Media Influencing Career |
Light Skin Keisha Family and Boyfriend
The talented rapper, actor and Social media star was born into a family of 7 with herself summing up to 8 children.
Together with these siblings of hers and two other God siblings who lived with them at different intervals, Light Skin Keisha was raised by a single mother.
Light Skin Keisha describes her mother as resilient, hardworking and fully committed to the welfare of her children inspite of the burdens and hardship she faced doing this.
As regards a romantic life, safe to say Light Skin Keisha has gone beyond blossom to actually be in the life of her dreams.
She isn’t only a successful woman who makes boss moves every other day, but she is equally engaged and privately married to the man of her dreams, Atlanta rapper Coco Vagno.
The couple share the same line of work musically and are both building a legacy as a team with their podcast “The Bold Face Truth Podcast.”
On the 18th of December, 2023, they, together with their loved ones stunned in a baby shower photoshoot.
Light Skin Keisha Age, Height and More
The entertainer is 25 years of age as of 2024.
She is 5’6’’ tall and weighs about 62 kilograms.
Light Skin Keisha has a long black hair with dark brown eyes and a finely built natural curvy figure.
Her body measurements are 37-28-38.
Career
Light Skin Keisha had always had the star power around her since childhood.
However, due to financial constraint, she had to find a way to survive and support her family.
This saw to her working in METRO PCS, then Steak and Shake, the Apple Bees before she moved to Topgolf which would contribute to her success later.
Owing to the traffic she experienced on her way to work and back everyday, Light Skin Keisha would turn on her camera in her car and begin to rant.
This became the origin of her content creation journey.
Light Skin Keisha would make videos, expressing herself which always went viral on social media.
On Instagram particularly, people connected well with her strong personality, infectious energy as well as rants about life challenges.
As time went on, Light Skin Keisha knew it was time to fully launch her music career seeing she had unintentionally garnered attention enough to begin anything seemingly big and daring.
She debuted her first single Weather and when this also was warmly received, Light Skin Keisha landed a record label contract with L.A Reid’s Hitco Entertainment.
The rapper went on to release another single, Treadmill which has since amassed a total of 2.5 million views as at the time of writing.
After the release of Ride Good with a total viewership of about 32 million, Light Skin Keisha knew there wasn’t any going back as she was made for this path of life.
With her continuous thrive in the rap scenery, she decided to key in more into her artistry potentials.
And so, Light Skin Keisha’s joy knew no bounds when she was cast for an audacious and provocative role in the series, Power Book: II Ghost.
This talent who is also the popular crooner of the word “Period!” has remained atop her game with a conscious effort to always be in her bags either through music or her clothing line called Originalbaddieclub.
Light Skin Keisha Networth
Light Skin Keisha has an estimated networth of over $2 million.
She earns from her music and acting career together with brand influencing and her personal merchandise.
Facts
- She developed her flare for music from a young age inspired by the likes of Beyonce, Lil Jon, Pastor Troy, etc.
- She worked multiple jobs with low minimum wage before choosing a career in entertainment.
- She has never had a BBL surgery as opposed to rumors.
- She is followed by 3m fans and critics on Instagram.
