Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to by the name Ashanti was born on 13 October 1981 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Ashanti became famous as a teenager. The year 2002 was when she was signed to Murder Inc. Records. That same year, she was in The Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's track, Always on Time and Fat Joe's What's luv? Her hits include Foolish (number one) as well as How's Luv! What's Luv? We will be celebrating with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, better called Ashanti was born on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas her mother is an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas is her father. is a former vocalist. Kenashia Shia is her younger sibling. Douglas chose her name in honor of the Ashanti Empire which was located in Ghana where women had power and influence and Douglas would like Ashanti to emulate that paradigm. James' grandfather worked for Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil right activist in the 1960s. Her mother was impressed by Ashanti's talents following her performance of Mary J. Blige Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? There were also a couple of performances in music videos like K.R.S.-Act One's MC's Like They don't know and 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. After being courted for years by several record labels including Bad Boy, Jive and others Ashanti still struggled as a vocalist. Even though she was not receiving any big breaks the singer continued her tour in New York. Ashanti performed as the back vocalist for the Big Pun's How We Roll. Ashanti sang on the Fat Joe song What's Luv? and Ja Rule's Never On Time. On her first song, Foolish, DeBarge's Stay With Me from 1983 is sampled. The album that Ashanti self-titled, released on Irv's Murder Inc. in 2002 was Ashanti. The Declaration, Ashanti's fourth studio album, debuted on the 3rd of June, 2008. Hey Baby (After The Club) was released on radios as well as digital platforms on the 16th of October. The actress also appeared in the films Christmas in the City, Army Wives and Latasha Monteclair. Aitch has sampled Rock wit U in his Baby on March 10, 2022 song.