Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya who is better known by the name Ashanti, is an incredibly well-known American actress and singer. She is a musician, singer and actor of her native United States. Ashanti became famous as a teenager. The year 2002 was when she signed with Murder Inc. Records. In the that same year, she was included on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? Both Fat Joe's What's Luv? It was the first time for a female artist to hold first and second spots within the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at number one and Luv? at number two. Luv? She became the first female artist to have both the Top two spots on the American Billboard Hot 100, with Foolish at number one and the other being What's Loving? You can celebrate Ashanti's special day here. Ashanti Shequoiya, better known by her nickname Ashanti, is a New Yorker who was born in Glen Cove on the 13th of October in 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was an instructor in dance as was Ken-Kaide Douglas. The father of Ashanti Douglas had been a vocalist. Kenashia Schia is Douglas's younger sister, is older. Douglas is named Ashanti Douglas to Ghana following she was a part of the Ashanti Empire. Women held great power there and Douglas was hoping that Ashantis would follow in the footsteps of those. James Her grandfather was a civil right leader during the 1960s, who was with Martin Luther King Jr. Ashanti was caught by her mom when she saw Ashanti performing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was a kid extra for Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Ashanti also appeared in a few music videos. These include K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's like They don't know" along with Eight-Off Ghetto girl. After having been courted for a long time by various record companies, including Bad Boy, Jive and others Ashanti still struggled as singer. She continued to perform at New York, and she was spotted in at the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti first appeared as the background singer in the music video of Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". Ashanti was also a vocalist on the Fat Joe song What's Luv? and Ja Rule's Never On Time. It's her debut single Foolish contains a sample from the song by DeBarge called Stay With Me. Ashanti's debut self-titled record was released through Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration was the fourth Ashanti studio album that was made available on the 3rd of June in 2008. Hey Baby was released for the radio and online on October 16, 2009. She was a part of the film Christmas in the City as and Army Wives. The song she sang Rock wit U was sampled by British artist Aitch for his song Baby on March 10 2022.