Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya, who was born Douglas, is famously known as Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed October 13 1980, in Glen Cove New York United States. She is a singer, songwriter from America and actor. Ashanti gained fame as an teen. The year 2002 was when she was signed to Murder Inc. Records. That same year, she also featured on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? And Fat Joe's What's Lulv? When she released What's Luv which ranked at the second spot at the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at the top spot featuring Foolish being her first single, she was the only female artist to accomplish this feat. in second position. We will be celebrating with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya has been referred to as Ashanti and she was born the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas was her mother as well as Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas before been vocalists. She is the eldest and she has a Kenashia Shia who's her older sister. Douglas has named her in honour of the Ashanti Empire which was located in Ghana where women had power and influence and Douglas wanted Ashanti to model that same pattern. James her father was a prominent civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Her mother was aware of the talent of her daughter after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor for Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? There were a few appearances by her appeared in music video clip including K.R.S. Act One's MC's"Like They're Not Known" and 8 Off's Ghetto Woman. After years of being wooed by various record companies, including Bad Boy, Jive and others Ashanti still struggled as an artist. Even though she was receiving no major breakthroughs, Ashanti continued playing around New York. Ashanti appeared originally on Big Pun's track How We Roll, as a back vocalist. She was also featured on Fat Joe's track What's Luv? She also appeared on Fat Joe's What's Lulv? Ashanti's debut single Foolish features a sample of DeBarge's 1983 song Stay With Me. Ashanti's debut self-titled record was released by Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration is the fourth Ashanti studio album. The release was made through Murder Inc. on the 3rd of June, 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to stations and digital platforms. She was Latasha in Army Wives and starred in the movie Christmas in the City. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British artist Aitch to record his song Baby in March 10, 2022.