Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya, better known by the name Ashanti, is a well-known American actress and singer. She is a songwriter, singer and actor of in the United States. The talent of Ashanti was discovered as a teen. The singer signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. That same year she appeared as a guest on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? the song "What's the Love?" by Fat Joe and Ja Rule, entitled Always on Time were both huge hits. When she had Foolish and What's Luv at Number One She became the first female artist to be featured in two tracks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart top Ten of the United States. second place. Let's celebrate the special occasion by celebrating it together. Ashanti Shequoiya is also known as Ashanti when she was born thirteenth October 1980 at Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas, her mother was a former teacher of dance. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. Kenashia Shai Douglas is her younger sister. She is the oldest. Douglas was named Ashanti Douglas in Ghana in honor of she was a part of the Ashanti Empire. Women held great power there and Douglas wanted Ashantis emulated that. James was her great-grandfather. James was an activist for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Ashanti was discovered by her mother when she was able to hear Ashanti performing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was on Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? as an unidentified young actor. In addition, she appeared in a variety of music videos, such as K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know or 8-Off Ghetto Girls. Although she was offered by various record labels such as Bad Boy or Jive, Ashanti struggled to find success as an artist. Despite not receiving any big breaks the singer continued her tour in New York. Ashanti first appeared in the role of background vocalist in the music video of Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". Other appearances she has made include Fat Joe's What's Luv? as well as Ja Rule's Always on Time. The song sample she uses in the debut single Foolish was taken from DeBarge's with Me song from 1983. The self-titled debut album of Ashanti was released in 2002 on Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration was Ashanti's fourth studio release, made available on the 3rd of June in 2008. Hey Baby After the Club was released on 16 October for radio and digital outlets. The singer was on the Christmas in the City film as Latasha in Army Wives. Aitch, a British musician, sampled her track Rock wit U for Baby on the 10th of March in 2022.