Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas famously known as Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed October 13 1980, on the shores of Glen Cove New York United States. She is a singer songwriter and actress from the United States. Ashanti's talent was first discovered as a teen. She signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. The same year, she was included on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's single, Always On Time and Fat Joe's What's luv? With Foolish and The What's Luv being at number one and her first number one hit, she was the only woman to record two songs in the Billboard Hot 100 chart top ten in the United States. The song What's Luv! Let's celebrate this momentous occasion together. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, popularly referred to in the media as Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on the 13th of October, 1980. Tina Douglas her mother is a former dance teacher and Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas is her father. is a singer from the past. Kenashia Shia is her youngest sister. Douglas has named her Ashanti after Ghana's Ashanti Empire in which women held power and had power and influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to follow this paradigm. James was her grandpa. He was a leader in the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Ashanti was discovered by her mother when she heard Ashanti performing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti appeared as a kid extra in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Ashanti was also featured in a few music videos, including K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's like They don't know" as well as 8-Off Ghetto girl. After being approached by several label labels, including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti struggled to find success as a vocalist. In spite of this the fact that she was still performing with her band in New York. Then, at Murder Inc. Studios hoping to land a break. Ashanti was originally featured on Big Pun's song How We Roll as a backing singer. She also appeared on the Fat Joe track"What's Luv?" Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's What's Luv! It's her debut single Foolish features a sample taken from DeBarge's song Stay With Me. Ashanti made her debut album, self-titled album in 2002. It was released on Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration was the fourth Ashanti studio album, which was which was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby (After The Club) was released on radios as well as digital platforms on the 16th of October. She starred in the film Christmas in the City and as Latasha the character Montclair from Army Wives. Aitch performs her Rock wit U song for Baby on March 10, 2022.