Ashanti

Ashanti Douglas, also known as Ashanti and was born in Glen Cove New York United States on 13th October 1980. She is a musician, singer and actress from the United States. Ashanti began her career when she was a teenager she was signed by Murder Inc. Records by 2002. That same year she appeared on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's track, Always on Time and Fat Joe's What's Luv? Her songs Foolish (number 1) as well as What's Luv! The first female artist holding both of the top two spots on Billboard Hot 100 in America and with the number one spot held by Foolish. one and What's Love? This is the place to celebrate with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya, more popularly called Ashanti, is a New Yorker, born in Glen Cove, New York on the 13th of October 13, 80. Tina Douglas her mother is a dance instructor from the past. Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas her father was a vocalist in the past. She is the oldest and she has a Kenashia Shia who's her younger sister. Douglas has named her Ashanti after Ghana's Ashanti Empire in which women were in charge and held an influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to adopt this same model. James was her grandfather. He worked as a leader in the civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti was caught by her mom when she heard Ashanti singing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was in the film of Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? as an extra in her youth. There were a few appearances by her appeared in music video clip like K.R.S. Act One's MC's"Like They're Not Known" as well as 8 Off's Ghetto Woman. After being wooed by a variety of record labels including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti struggled to find success as a singer. Ashanti continued to sing throughout New York, and she started to visit with the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a breakthrough. Ashanti was featured on the first time on the track by Big Pun called"How We Roll, as a back singer. Other appearances she has made include the Fat Joe track"What's Luv? and Ja Rule's Always on Time. Her debut single Foolish features a sample of DeBarge's 1983 song Stay With Me. Her debut self-titled album was released through Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration is Ashanti's forth studio album. The album was released on Murder Inc. on the 3rd of June, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and digital on 16 October 2009. She has acted in the movies Christmas in the City as and Army Wives. The song she sang Rock wit U was sampled by British rapper Aitch to accompany his track Baby in March 10, 2022.