Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya was Douglas is popularly known Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. Ashanti is a United States singer, songwriter and actor. The talent of Ashanti was discovered in her teens. She was signed to Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. The same year she also made an appearance as a guest on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's single, Always on Time and Fat Joe's What's Luv? Her songs Foolish (number one) as well as How's Luv! second place. Let's celebrate the special occasion by celebrating it together. Ashanti Shequoiya has been referred to as Ashanti when she was born thirteenth October 1980 located in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas was her mother and Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas previously been vocalists. The oldest of the three is Kenashia Shia Douglas is her younger sister. Douglas chose the name Ashanti Shia Douglas in honor of her mother, who was from the Ashanti Empire of Ghana where women were influential and powerful. Douglas wanted Ashantis to take this as a model. James her grandfather was a leader in civil rights who collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Ashanti was discovered by her mother when she heard Ashanti singing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was an actor in the child stage in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Ashanti also appeared in a couple of music videos, such as K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's as if they don't" as well as the 8-Off Ghetto girl. Her career as a musician was hindered by her inability to achieve commercial success following her being approached by major labels like Bad Boy and Jive. However the fact that she was still performing in New York. Then, she was at Murder Inc. Studios hoping to get a breakthrough. Ashanti appeared originally on the track of Big Pun,"How We Roll, as a back vocalist. She also appeared on Fat Joe's"What's Luv?" Ja Rule's always punctual and Fat Jojo's What's Luv? also featured her. The debut single Foolish includes a snippet of the song by DeBarge from 1983, Stay with Me. Ashanti released her self-titled debut album in 2002, through Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration is her fourth studio-album, came out in June 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to stations and digital platforms. The singer was on the Christmas in the City film and also played Latasha on Army Wives. The song she sang Rock wit U was sampled by British rapper Aitch for his song Baby on March 10 2022.