Kameelah “LADY k” Whitaker, M.B.A. is a multi-faceted master SPEED braider and licensed cosmetologist! Although well-rounded, she specializes in braids as well as other methods of protective styling! Born Kameelah Hill, this San Francisco Bay Area native followed in her mother’s footsteps, becoming a braiding machine!

As a very young girl, she would stand next to her mother (when working on a client) and mimic her mother’s movements and speed as she crafted beautiful, luxurious, and trending braid styles. LADY K then began to braid on her own at the age of thirteen.

nOW WITH 30 YEARS IN THE BRAIDING INDUSTRY, lADY K HAS TAKEN ON THE TASK OF “BUILDING BETTER BRAIDERS” WITH HER IN-PERSON AND ONLINE CURRICULUM! tHE GOAL IS TO TRAIN BRAIDERS AND BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF SPEED BRAIDERS!