Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, also referred to as Ashanti was born on the 13th of October of 1980, at Glen Cove New York United States. Ashanti is an United States singer, songwriter, and actress. Ashanti was famous when she was an teen. The year 2002 was when she was signed to Murder Inc. Records. Ashanti appeared the same day on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? She also appeared on the Fat Joe's hit song"What's Luv!" and the Ja Rules' track Never on Time Both of them were huge hits. It was the first time for a female artist to hold the first and second spots within the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at number one and What's Luv? The song What's Luv! We will help you celebrate the day of her birth right here. Ashanti Shequoiya was popularly called Ashanti and was born on October 13th 1980, located in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas was her mother as well as Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas had previously been vocalists. Kenashia Shia is her youngest sister. Douglas is named Ashanti Douglas from Ghana after the Ashanti Empire. Women held great power there and Douglas wanted Ashantis emulated that. James his grandfather was a leader in civil rights during the 1960s, who was alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Ashanti's mother discovered her daughter's talents when she overheard her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti made her screen debut as a child in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, in 1992. Ashanti also had an important role in Ted Demme's Who's the Man? In addition, she appeared in music videos such as 8-Off Ghettogirl, and K.R.S. Act One MC's You Don't Know. After years of being wooed by several record labels including Bad Boy, Jive and others Ashanti still struggled as a vocalist. However, she continued to play throughout New York and began hanging around at The Murder Inc. recording studio hoping to get a major break. Ashanti was originally featured on Big Pun's song How We Roll as a backing vocalist. She was also featured on Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's What's Luv! The track she used for her debut single Foolish comes from DeBarge's Stay with Me song from 1983. Her debut self-titled album was released by Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration is the fourth Ashanti studio album. The album was released by Murder Inc. on June 3, 2008. The 16th of October Hey Baby (After the Club) was made available to radio and digital outlets. She played Latasha in Army Wives and starred in the film Christmas in the City. Her track Rock wit U was sampled by British singer Aitch for his song Baby on the 10th of March 2022.