Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, often known as Ashanti, was born on October 13, 1980 at Glen Cove New York United States. She is a songwriter, singer and actor from in the United States. Ashanti became famous as a teenager. The year 2002 was when she signed with Murder Inc. Records. Ashanti was featured in Fat Joe's What's Luv? song that was released the following year. track and Ja Rule's Always on Time track, both of which turned into huge smashes. The moment she dropped her single, the single, What's Luv in the top two spots in the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at number one with Foolish as her first single, she was the only female to achieve this feat. The track What's Luv! It is possible to celebrate Ashanti's birthday day right here. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, better known as Ashanti, was born on October 13 on the 13th of October on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas, her mother, is a retired teacher of dance. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. She is more youthful than Kenashia T. Douglas. Douglas chose the name Ashanti in honor of Ghana's Ashanti Empire which was a place where women held power and had an influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to follow this paradigm. James' grandfather was associated with Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights advocate in the 1960s. The mother of Ashanti discovered her talent by overhearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti performed as an actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X in 1992 as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Additionally, Ashanti was featured in music videos such as 8-Off Ghettogirl, and K.R.S. Act One MC's You Don't Know. 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 throughout New York, and she started to visit with the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti was originally featured on the track of Big Pun's We Roll as a backing singer. She also appeared on Fat Joe's track What's Luv? Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's What's Luv! The track was a sample of DeBarge's 1983 single Stay With Me on her debut single Foolish. Her self-titled album first made available in 2002 via Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration was the fourth Ashanti studio album that was which was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and on digital platforms on October 16, 2009. The actress starred in the movie Christmas in the City and was Latasha Montclair in Army Wives. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British singer Aitch to record his song Baby on the 10th of March 2022.