Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known by the name Ashanti was born on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is a US singer songwriter. Ashanti was first discovered when she was a teenager and eventually signed to Murder Inc. Records in 2002. She was featured on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? song that same year. Both Fat Joe's What's Luv? With Foolish and The What's Luv at Number One She became the first woman to have two songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart top 10 from the United States. The song is called What's Luv! Let's celebrate this momentous occasion by celebrating it together. Ashanti Shequoiya, better known as Ashanti is a New Yorker born in Glen Cove on the 13th of October in 1980. Tina Douglas her mother is an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas, her father is a singer from the past. The oldest of the three is the Kenashia Shia Douglas who is older sister. Douglas was named Ashanti Shia Douglas after the Ashanti Empire in Ghana, where women were powerful and influential. Douglas wanted Ashantis to follow this example. James the Ashanti's great-grandfather was a civil rights activist along with Martin Luther King Jr. back in 1960s. The mother of Ashanti's discovered her daughter's talents when she overheard her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti made an appearance as an actor for Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Additionally, Ashanti was featured in some music videos like 8-Off Ghettogirl as well as K.R.S. Act One MC's You Don't Know. After being approached by several record labels including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti had a difficult time gaining success as a vocalist. Amid this struggle, Ashanti performed in New York. At the Murder Inc. Studio she was waiting to make a breakthrough. Ashanti was initially a backup vocalist for Big Pun's track, How We Roll. She also appeared on the Fat Joe's song What's Luv? Ja Rule's always punctual as well as Fat Jojo's What's Luv? also starred her. On her first song, Foolish and Foolish, the DeBarge song Stay with Me from 1983 is sampled. The album that Ashanti self-titled that was released on The album by Irv's Murder Inc. in 2002 was Ashanti. The Declaration is Ashanti's forth studio album. The album was released through Murder Inc. on the 3rd of June, 2008. Hey Baby, After the Club (released via radio as well as digital format) was released on October 16 on the 16th of October, 2008. The singer played Latasha In Army Wives and starred in the movie Christmas in the City. Aitch used her Rock wit U sample in Baby on the 10th of March in 2022.