Ashanti

Ashanti Douglas, also known as Ashanti and was born in Glen Cove New York United States on October 13th 1980. She is an actor and a performer who hails from the United States. Ashanti is a teen singer-songwriter and actor from the US was signed by Murder Inc. Records to release a single in 2002. The same year Ashanti was featured on Fat Joe's What's Luv? She was also featured on the Fat Joe's hit song"What's Luv?" Her hits include Foolish (number number one) and How's Luv! She became the first female artist who held the top two spots in the Billboard Hot 100 in America including Foolish at number one, and then What's Love? at number 2. Ashanti's birthday right here. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, also known by the name Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on October 13 1980. Tina Douglas her mother is an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas, her father is a singer from the past. Kenashia Schia Douglas is her younger sister, is older. Douglas named Ashanti Shia Douglas following the Ashanti Empire in Ghana, where women had power and influence. Douglas hoped Ashanti would take inspiration from this example. James was her great-grandfather. James was an activist for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. The mother of Ashanti's discovered her daughter's talents when she overheard her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor for Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? In addition, she appeared in numerous music videos including K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't You Know, or Eight-Off Ghetto Girls. After being approached by several record labels including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti had a difficult time gaining success as a singer. Despite this, she kept playing in New York. Then she began hanging around her local Murder Inc. Studio hoping to get an opportunity. Ashanti began her career as a background vocalist for Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". She was also featured on the Fat Joe's song"What's Luv?" Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's "What's Luv?" were also featured. The first single from Ashanti, Foolish the song by DeBarge's Me that was recorded in 1983 is sampled. Ashanti released her self-titled debut album in 2002. It was released with Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration the fourth studio album released on June 3 2008. On the 16th October Hey Baby (After the Club) was released on radio and digital outlets. The film in which she starred was Christmas in the City and played Latasha Montclair in Army Wives. Aitch played Rock wit U in his Baby on the 10th of March 2022.