Ashanti

Ashanti Douglas, also known as Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York United States on the 13th of October, 1980. She is an American singer as well as songwriter. Ashanti became famous as an teen. The year 2002 was when she signed with Murder Inc. Records. The same year she also was featured as a guest on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Both Fat Joe's What's Luv? First female artist to be atop the top two positions in the United States, with Foolish at number one, and What's Luv? The first female artist to have both the top two spots on American Billboard Hot 100 With Foolish as number one and the other being What's Loving? The second spot is ours. the day of her birth right here. Ashanti Shequoiya, better called Ashanti, is a New Yorker who was born in Glen Cove, New York on the 13th of the 13th of October in 1980. Tina Douglas was her mother and Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas before been vocalists. She is the eldest and the Kenashia Shia Douglas who is younger sister. Douglas named her Ashanti to honor Ghana's Ashanti Empire, where women ruled and had influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to be a part of this model. James, her grandfather, was a prominent civil rights leader in the 1960s and worked along with Martin Luther King Jr. The mother of Ashanti's discovered her daughter's talents when she overheard her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti appeared on screen as a child on Spike Lee's Malcolm X which aired in 1992. In addition, she played an important role on Ted Demme's Who's the Man? There were also a couple of cameos in music videos including K.R.S.-Act One's MC's Like They Don't Know and the 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. Her career as a musician was hindered because she was unable to find commercial success following her being approached by record labels such as Bad Boy and Jive. Despite this she continued to play in and around New York and began hanging around at Murder Inc. Murder Inc. recording studio hoping to get a major break. Ashanti was originally featured in the song of Big Pun's How We Roll as a backing vocalist. She also appeared on Fat Joe's single"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Always On Time. The debut single Foolish contains a sample from the song by DeBarge called Stay With Me. Ashanti has released her debut self-titled album in 2002. It was released via Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration the fourth studio album was launched on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby (After The Club) hit radios and digital platforms on October 16. The actress also appeared in the films Christmas in the City, Army Wives and Latasha Monteclair. Aitch made use of her Rock wit U sample in Baby on the 10th day of March, 2022.