A photo started doing the rounds of what appeared to be NFL football player Za'Darius Smith in a hotel room, with a woman's feet, not Kash Doll's, and everyone immediately presumed sprawled out in view. That photo, which was purported to have been snapped in April 2025, had internet detectives and fans twirling theories faster than you could say, "receipts."
There were also whispers of infidelity, though Kash Doll, always cool as a breeze, remained above it. And though she didn't give them much to go on in terms of addressing the rumors, her actions said it all. She shared a photo of Smith hanging with her backstage at one of her concerts, which effectively communicates what she wanted to say without actually saying it: dude is here, and he's proud, and he's right by her side.
Smith responded to the insult on social media with a snappy comeback. "Putting up something from last year is not gonna break us up," he wrote, taking a shot at whoever posted the photo. And he wasn't done.
Doubling down on his advocacy, Smith penned an emotional post using Kash Doll's real name and everything: "Arkeisha Knight is not going anywhere! So y'all need to be done trying." Short, to the point, and laced with the energy of someone who knows what he's got and isn't going to risk losing it to internet messiness.
He would later take down the posts, but the damage was done. Just in case anyone was still confused about whether or not there was lingering tension between the two, Smith solidified the fact by posting the same backstage photo Kash Doll had shared, then jumped in her comments with a spicy "Now I see why these h**s mad."
The Detroit rapper and the NFL linebacker first sparked romance rumors when they were seen together at an event in Ghana. In an April interview, Kash later dished on their connection, explaining that their spark began the good, old-fashioned way.
"He brought that with him. 'I was like, 'Wow," she said, remembering how Smith had come out to her at night out.
Before getting together with Smith, Kash Doll dated fellow rapper Tracy T the former couple shares a son, now a young boy born in early 2022, and a daughter born in 2024, so Kash Doll is most definitely a mama on the move.
And in a world that is fast to jump to conclusions and even faster to judge, Kash Doll and Za'Darius Smith are here to demonstrate what it looks like to ride the wave with grace, humor, and some social media acumen. And if the way they've publicly supported each other is any indication, this pair is determined not to let one photo erode what they've established.
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