Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, better known for her stage name Ashanti was born on 13 October 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Ashanti began her professional career as an teen, and was ultimately signed to Murder Inc. Records by 2002. She also appeared as a guest on fat Joe's What's Luv? track as well as Ja Rule's Always On Time track. Both of them have become huge hit songs. It was the first time for a female artist to take the top two spots on Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at number one, and the track What's Luv? What's Luv? The Ashanti family can commemorate her special day on this page. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, popularly referred to in the media as Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on October 13, 1980. Tina Douglas her mother is a dance instructor from the past. Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas, her father was a vocalist in the past. The oldest of the three is Sheshia is the older sister. Douglas chose her name in honor of her father, who was a member of the Ashanti Empire located in Ghana where women held power and influence and Douglas desired Ashanti to emulate that paradigm. James her father, who was also her grandfather, was a leader in civil rights during the 1960s, who was with Martin Luther King Jr. Her mother was able to discover Ashanti's talents by overhearing her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor for Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? In addition, she appeared in various music videos like K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't You Know, or 8-Off Ghetto Girls. Ashanti was approached and signed by a variety of record labels, including Bad Boy. She also featured in several cameos on music videos. The singer continued to tour in New York, and spent in the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti initially appeared as the background singer for Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". She also appeared on the Fat Joe's song What's Luv? Ja Rule's "Always on Time" as well as Fat Joe's "What's Luv?" were also featured. On her first song, Foolish the song by DeBarge's Me which was released in 1983 is sampled. Ashanti's self-titled debut album was released in 2002 through Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. record label. The Declaration is the fourth Ashanti studio album. The album was released by Murder Inc. on June 3, 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to the radio and online outlets. Also, she was in the movies Christmas in the City, Army Wives and Latasha Monteclair. The song she sang Rock wit U was sampled by British musician Aitch for his song Baby in March 10, 2022.