Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya was Douglas is famously known as Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed 13 October 1980, at Glen Cove New York United States. She is a singer songwriter and actor who hails from her native United States. Ashanti started her career in the teen years, and was eventually signed to Murder Inc. Records by 2002. That same year, she was featured as a guest on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? The song "What's the Love?" by Fat Joe and Ja Rule's "It's Always" on Time are both massive hits. With Foolish and What's Luv as the top two songs and her first number one hit, she was the only woman to record two songs that were in the Billboard Hot 100 chart top ten in the United States. We will help you celebrate her birthday right here. At number two, we will assist you in celebrating the day of her birth at this site. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, also known as Ashanti was born on 13 October the 13th of October, 1980 at Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas was her mother and Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas before had a voice. She is the oldest and the Kenashia Shia Douglas who is younger sister. Douglas named Ashanti Douglas to Ghana in honor of her father's Ashanti Empire. Women held enormous power and Douglas wanted Ashantis emulated that. James her father was a civil rights leader who was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered the talent of her daughter as she listened to her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti made an appearance as a kid extra for Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? In addition, she appeared in a variety of music videos, such as K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know or 8-Off Ghetto Girls. Ashanti's career as a performer was limited by her inability to achieve commercial success following her being approached by major labels like Bad Boy and Jive. Ashanti continued to sing at New York, and she was spotted in the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti was first seen as the background singer on the track Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". She was also featured on Fat Joe's track What's Luv? Ja Rule's always on time and Fat Jojo's What's Luv? also featured her. Ashanti's debut single Foolish features a sample of the song by DeBarge from 1983, Stay with Me. Her self-titled album first made available in 2002 via Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration The fourth studio album, was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and digital on 16 October 2009. The actress has appeared in the films Christmas in the City as well as Army Wives. Her song Rock wit U was sampled by British artist Aitch to accompany his track Baby in March 10, 2022.