In 1984, Keith Knight was the official Michael Jackson impersonator of Jordan Marsh, a department store in Boston. According to his website, he is only slightly ashamed of this.

Keith also draws a comic for Africana.com called (T)hink and has published two books: Dances With Sheep and "Fear of a Black Marker". He was also featured in a book called Face Forward: Young African American Men at A Critical Age.