[4] Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career.

[4][6][7][8] Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei.

[citation needed] In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the Free Speech Coalition's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA".

[12] In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #24 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".

[13] Lei has also appeared several times on the TV series Zane's Sex Chronicles[14] and in the 2013 documentary Risky Business: A Look Inside America's Adult Film Industry.