Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya, who was born Douglas, is famously known as Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed October 13 1980, on the shores of Glen Cove New York United States. She is a singer from the United States. and songwriter. Her talent was first noticed when she was a teenager. The singer signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. The same year she also made an appearance on Fat Joe's What's Luv? song as well as Ja Rule's Always On Time track both of which became massive hits. It was the first time for a female artist to have the first and second spots in the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at the top spot and the track What's Luv? The song What's Luv! We will be celebrating with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya has been referred to as Ashanti and she was born the 13th of October, 1980 located in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas is the mother of Ashanti and Ken Kaide Douglas serves as the her father. She is Kenashia's younger brother. Douglas was named Ashanti Shia Douglas to honor the Ashanti Empire from Ghana, where women were influential and powerful. Douglas wanted Ashantis to adopt this model. James's grandfather was a part of Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights activist in the 1960s. Her mother was impressed by Ashanti's talents when she heard her sing Mary J. Blige Reminisce. Ashanti was an actor in the child stage in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Some of her appearances included music videos like K.R.S. Act One's MC's Like They Do Not Know and 8 Off's Ghetto Woman. After being courted for years by various record companies, including Bad Boy, Jive and others, Ashanti was still struggling as a vocalist. But she did sing within and around New York and began hanging around at The Murder Inc. recording studio hoping to get a major break. Ashanti initially appeared as a background vocalist on the track Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". Ashanti was also a vocalist on the Fat Joe song"What's Luv?" Ja Rule's Always On Time and Fat Joe's There is Love. It's her debut single Foolish contains a sample from the song by DeBarge called Stay With Me. Ashanti has released her debut album, titled "Ashanti" in 2002, under Irv Getti's Murder Inc. Record Label. The Declaration is her fourth studio-album, was released in June of 2008. On the 16th of October Hey Baby (After the Club) was released on the radio and online outlets. The singer was on the Christmas in the City film and also played Latasha as Latasha in Army Wives. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British rapper Aitch for his song Baby on March 10 2022.