Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Ashanti was famous when she was an teen. The year 2002 was when she signed with Murder Inc. Records. Ashanti was featured as the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Also, she was featured in Fat Joe's track"What's Luv!" as well as the Ja Rules' track Never on Time, both of which became huge hit songs. When she had Foolish and What's Luv at Number One and her first number one hit, she was the only woman to record two songs in the Billboard Hot 100 chart top ten in the United States. Let us help you celebrate the day of her life right here. We will help you celebrate Ashanti's birthday right here. Ashanti Douglas also known as Ashanti as she is more often referred to was born in Glen Cove New York in 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was a dance instructor and Ken-Kaide Douglas, the father of Ashanti Douglas, was a singer. The Kenashia Shia family is their younger sister. Douglas named her Ashanti in honor of Ghana's Ashanti Empire in which women held power and had influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to adopt this same model. James her grandfather was a civil rights leader who was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered the talent of her daughter as she listened to her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti performed as an extra in Spike Lee's Malcolm X in 1992 and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? She also appeared in several music videos such as K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They're Not a Good Idea or the 8-Off Ghetto Girls. Although she was offered by several record labels such as Bad Boy or Jive, Ashanti struggled to find success as an artist. She continued to perform in New York, and she started to visit with the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti was first seen as the background singer for Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". She also appeared in the Fat Joe song "What's Luv?" Ja Rule's always on time and Fat Jojo's What's Luv? also featured her. The debut single Foolish includes a sample of the song by DeBarge called Stay With Me. Ashanti made her debut album, titled "Ashanti", in 2002, under Irv Getti's Murder Inc. Record Label. The Declaration The fourth studio album, was released on the 3rd of June, 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to radio and digital outlets. She starred in the film Christmas in the City and as Latasha Montclair on Army Wives. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British singer Aitch to accompany his track Baby on March 10 2022.