Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known as Ashanti was born on October 13, 1981 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is a songwriter, singer and actor who hails from in the United States. Ashanti was first discovered when she was an 18-year-old and was signing with Murder Inc. Records in 2002. That same year, she was included on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? track and Ja Rule's Always On Time track. Both of them turned into huge smashes. First ever female to reach the Billboard Hot 100's highest two spots within the United States, with Foolish on number one and What's Luv? What's Luv? Right here, you can support her on this important day. Ashanti Shequoiya is better known as Ashanti is a native of New Yorker who was born in Glen Cove on October 13, 80. Tina Douglas' mother was an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Douglas, who was the mother of the Ashanti Douglas, was a singer. The oldest of the three is she has a Kenashia Shia who's her younger sister. Douglas was named Ashanti Douglas from Ghana after her father's Ashanti Empire. The women had great power there and Douglas would like Ashantis to emulate that. James was her great-grandfather. James was a civil-rights leader alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered her daughter's talents after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was an part-time actress for Spike Lee's Malcolm X in 1992 as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Also, Ashanti appeared in music videos such as 8-Off Ghettogirl and K.R.S. Act One MC's The People You've Never Even Met. After years of being wooed by various record companies including Bad Boy, Jive and others Ashanti still struggled as singer. She continued to perform throughout New York, and she began to hang around at the Murder Inc. studios hoping to get a break. Ashanti first appeared on Big Pun's song How We Roll as a backing singer. She also appeared on Fat Joe's track"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Always on Time. The track was a sample of DeBarge's 1983 single Stay with Me on her debut single Foolish. Ashanti has released her debut self-titled album in 2002, through Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration is the fourth Ashanti studio album. The release was made by Murder Inc. on June 3, 2008. On the 16th of October Hey Baby (After the Club) was made available to stations and digital platforms. She played Latasha on Army Wives and starred in the film Christmas in the City. Aitch performs in her Rock wit U song for Baby on March 10, 2022.