Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to by the name Ashanti was born on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Ashanti gained fame as an teen. In 2002, she signed with Murder Inc. Records. Ashanti appeared the same day in the Fat Joe's What's Luv? track and Ja Rule's Always On Time track both of which became massive hits. Her songs Foolish (number number one) and What's Luv! She became the first female artist holding both the Top two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 in America With Foolish as number one and the other being What's Loving? We will help you celebrate the day of her birth right here. Ashanti Douglas or Ashanti as she's more popularly known, was born in Glen Cove New York in the year 1980. Tina Douglas was her mother as well as Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas had previously been vocalists. She is Kenashia's sibling. She is the oldest of them all. Douglas has named her Ashanti to honor Ghana's Ashanti Empire in which women were in charge and held power and influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to follow this paradigm. James her grandfather was a leader in civil rights who was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. The Ashanti's mother discovered her talent following her performance of Mary J. Blige Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Ashanti has also been featured in a few music videos, including K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's like They don't know" as well as Eight-Off Ghetto girl. Her career as a musician was hindered by her inability to achieve commercial success following her being approached by record companies like Bad Boy and Jive. Despite receiving no major breakthroughs, Ashanti continued playing in New York. Ashanti initially appeared as the background singer on the track Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". Ashanti was also on Fat Joe's track What's Luv? Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's What's Luv! Her debut single Foolish includes a sample of DeBarge's song Stay With Me. The self-titled debut album of Ashanti was made available in 2002 via Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration her fourth studio album launched on June 3, 2008. The 16th of October Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to the radio and online outlets. She was as a character in The Christmas in the City film and played Latasha in Army Wives. Aitch sampled Rock wit U in his Baby 10th March 2022.