Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to by the name Ashanti was born on 13 October 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She's an actress and singer from her native United States. Her talent was first noticed when she was a teenager. She signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. That that same year, she was in the Fat Joe's What's Luv? track and Ja Rule's Always on Time track, both of which were huge hits. Her hits include Foolish (number one) and What's Luv! What's Luv? The second spot is ours. the day of her birth by sharing it with you. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, popularly referred to as Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on October 13, 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Douglas, who was the father of Ashanti Douglas was a vocalist. She is the oldest and Kenashia Shia Douglas is her older sister. Douglas chose the name Ashanti after Ghana's Ashanti Empire in which women ruled 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. The mother of Ashanti discovered her talent by overhearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? There were a few appearances by her included music videos, such as K.R.S. Act One's MC's"Like They're Not Known" as well as 8 Off's Ghetto Woman. After being courted by various record labels including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti had a difficult time gaining success in her career as a performer. But she did sing within and around New York and began hanging around at the Murder Inc. recording studio hoping to get a major break. Ashanti was originally a backup singer on the track of Big Pun, How We Roll. She was also featured on Fat Joe's single"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Always on Time. The track she used for her first single Foolish is from DeBarge's Stay with Me which was released in 1983. Ashanti's debut self-titled record was released by Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration the fourth studio album was released June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and on digital platforms on 16 October 2009. The actress also appeared in the films Christmas in the City, Army Wives and Latasha Monteclair. Aitch was a sampler of Rock wit U in his Baby on the 10th of March 2022 song.