Ashanti

Ashanti Douglas, popularly called Ashanti and was born in Glen Cove New York United States on 13th October 1980. She's a performer and an actress from her native United States. The talent of Ashanti was discovered in her teens. She signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. Ashanti appeared the same day on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? the song "What's love?" by Fat Joe and Ja Rule, entitled Always on Time are both massive hits. When she released"What's Luv which ranked at the second spot at the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at #1 featuring Foolish as her first single, she became the only female artist to accomplish this feat. She became the first female artist to have both the highest two positions on the American Billboard Hot 100 With Foolish as number one, and then What's Love? We can celebrate this special day with us. Ashanti Douglas also known as Ashanti as she's popularly known, was born in Glen Cove New York in 1980. Tina Douglas her mother is a dance instructor from the past. Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas her father is a former vocalist. Kenashia Tia Douglas is younger. Douglas named Ashanti Douglas to Ghana following her father's Ashanti Empire. Women had great power there and Douglas wanted Ashantis emulated that. James' grandfather worked for Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil right activist during the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered her daughter's talent after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was a kid extra on Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Additionally, she was featured in various music videos including K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know or Eight-Off Ghetto Girls. The career of Ashanti as a musician was hampered due to her lack of success after being approached by record companies like Bad Boy and Jive. The singer continued to tour at New York, and she started to visit at the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a breakthrough. Ashanti was originally a backup vocalist for Big Pun's track, How We Roll. Additionally, she was featured in the Fat Joe song "What's Luv?" Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's What's Luv! The first single from Ashanti, Foolish, DeBarge's Stay With Me which was released in 1983 is played. Ashanti released her self-titled debut album in 2002. It was released on Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration was the fourth Ashanti studio release, which was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for the radio and online on the 16th of October, 2009. She appeared in The Christmas in the City film and also played Latasha on Army Wives. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British rapper Aitch to record his song Baby in March 10, 2022.