Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to by the name Ashanti was born on October 13, the 13th of October, 1980 at Glen Cove New York United States. She is a musician, singer and actor of in the United States. Ashanti was discovered as an teen and signed to Murder Inc. Records in 2002. Ashanti was featured in The Fat Joe's What's Luv? track and Ja Rule's Always on Time track. Both of them became massive hits. The moment she dropped her single, the single, What's Luv which ranked at the second spot at the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at the top spot and Foolish being her first single, she became the only female to achieve this feat. in second position. Let's celebrate the special occasion together. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, popularly referred to by the name Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on the 13th of October, 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was a dance instructor and Ken-Kaide Douglas, who was the mother of the Ashanti Douglas, was a singer. She is Kenashia's younger sister. She is the oldest of them all. Douglas named her after her mother, the Ashanti Empire which was located in Ghana where women held power and influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to follow the same model. James was her great-grandfather. He worked as a civil-rights leader along with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered her daughter's talent after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti appeared on screen when she was a kid in Spike Lee's Malcolm X which aired in 1992. She also played an important role in the Ted Demme film Who's the Man? Ashanti has also been featured in several music videos, including K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's like They don't know" as well as the 8-Off Ghetto girl. After being approached by several record labels like Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti struggled to find success in her career as a performer. Even though she was not receiving any big breaks however, she continued to play around New York. Ashanti originally appeared in the song of Big Pun's How We Roll as a backing vocalist. She also appeared on the Fat Joe track"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Never On Time. In her debut song Foolish the song by DeBarge's Me from 1983 is sampled. The debut album of Ashanti was released through Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration was Ashanti's fourth studio release, which was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and on digital platforms on October 16, 2009. She was in the film Christmas in the City and was Latasha Montclair in Army Wives. Aitch used the Rock wit U sample in Baby on the 10th day of March, 2022.