Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed on the 13th of October, 1980 at Glen Cove New York United States. She is a songwriter, singer and actor who hails from the United States. Ashanti began her professional career as a teenager, and was eventually signed to Murder Inc. Records by 2002. In the same year, she also featured on Fat Joe's What's Luv? song and Ja Rule's Always On Time track both of which turned into huge smashes. When she released"What's Luv in the top two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at number one with Foolish being her first single, she was the first female to reach this feat. The song What's Luv! Here, we will celebrate with you her special birthday. Ashanti Douglas, or Ashanti as she's more often referred to was born in Glen Cove New York in 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was teacher of dance, and Ken-Kaide Douglas, the parent of Ashanti Douglas was a vocalist. The younger Kenashia is Tia Douglas. Douglas was named Ashanti Shia Douglas after the Ashanti Empire from Ghana in which women were powerful and influential. Douglas wanted Ashantis to follow this example. James who was Ashanti's father was a civil rights activist along with Martin Luther King Jr. In the 60s. The Ashanti's mother was impressed by Ashanti's talents after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's "Reminisce. Ashanti was a kid extra on Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? There were a few appearances by her were in music video clips, such as K.R.S. Act One's MC's Like They Do Not Know 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 a vocalist. However, she continued to sing in and around New York and began hanging around at The Murder Inc. recording studio in hopes of a big break. Ashanti performed as the vocalist backing Big Pun's How We Roll. She also appeared on The Fat Joe's song"What's Luv? and Ja Rule's Always on Time. Her debut single Foolish features a sample of DeBarge's 1983 song Stay with Me. The self-titled debut album of Ashanti was released in 2002 on Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration the fourth studio album, was released on June 3, 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to the radio and online outlets. The actress has appeared in the films Christmas in the City as in Army Wives. Her track Rock wit U was sampled by British singer Aitch to accompany his track Baby in March 10, 2022.