Ashanti
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to as Ashanti was born on 13 October 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Ashanti, a teenage singer-songwriter and actress in the US, was signed by Murder Inc. Records to release a single in 2002. The same year she also appeared on Fat Joe's What's Luv? Both Fat Joe's What's Luv? The first female artist to hold the top two spots in the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at number one and What's Luv? in second position. We will help you celebrate the day of her birth by sharing it with you. Ashanti Shequoiya was popularly called Ashanti and was born on thirteenth October 1980 located in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas her mother is a dance instructor from the past. Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas, her father is a singer from the past. She is the oldest and the Kenashia Shia Douglas who is younger sister. Douglas named Ashanti Douglas to Ghana following the Ashanti Empire. The women had immense power in the Ashanti Empire and Douglas was hoping that Ashantis would follow in the footsteps of those. James Her grandfather was a prominent civil rights leader during the 1960s, who was with Martin Luther King Jr. The Ashanti's mother was impressed by Ashanti's talents after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's "Reminisce.. Ashanti appeared on screen as a young girl on Spike Lee's Malcolm X, in 1992. Ashanti also had a role in the Ted Demme film Who's the Man? She also had a few performances in music videos like K.R.S.-Act One's MC's Don't Know and 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. After being approached by a number of record labels such as Bad Boy or Jive, Ashanti had trouble finding success being an artist. Despite not receiving any big breaks however, she continued to play throughout New York. Ashanti was originally featured on the track of Big Pun's We Roll as a backing vocalist. Ashanti sang on the Fat Joe song What's Luv? Ja Rule's Always on Time and Fat Joe's Where is Love. She sampled DeBarge's 1983 single Stay with Me in her debut track Foolish. The debut album of Ashanti was released by Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration The fourth studio album was released June 3, 2008. Hey Baby, After the Club (released via radio as well as digital formats) came out October 16 on the 16th of October, 2008. She was in the film Christmas in the City and as Latasha the character Montclair from Army Wives. Aitch, an British artist, took a sample of her song Rock wit U for Baby on the 10th of March in 2022.
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