Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known for her stage name Ashanti was born on October 13, 1981 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is a popular American musician, singer and actress. Ashanti was discovered as an 18-year-old and was signing with Murder Inc. Records in 2002. She was featured on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? song that was released the following year. track and Ja Rule's Always On Time track both of which turned into huge smashes. Her tracks Foolish (number 1) and"What's Luv! in second position. In this post, we'll celebrate with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya, also called Ashanti, was born on October 13 the 13th of October, 1980 on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas' mother was a dance instructor and Ken-Kaide Douglas, who is the dad of the Ashanti Douglas is also a singer. She is the eldest and Sheshia is the younger sister. Douglas named her after her father, who was a member of the Ashanti Empire that was in Ghana where women had power and influence. Douglas would like Ashanti to be a model for the Ashanti Empire. James was her great-grandfather. James was a civil-rights leader with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti's mother discovered the talent of her daughter when she heard her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was an actor in the child stage for Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Ashanti also appeared in several music videos. These include K.R.S. - Act One's "MC's are like they don't understand" as well as 8-Off Ghetto girl. Ashanti was courted and signed by a variety of recording labels, including Bad Boy. She also was a guest in music videos. However, she continued to play within and around New York and began hanging around at The Murder Inc. recording studio looking for a huge break. Ashanti was initially a backup vocalist on Big Pun's song, How We Roll. She also appeared on the Fat Joe's song"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Always on Time. Her debut single Foolish features a sample of DeBarge's 1983 song Stay With Me. The first album of her own, released on Irv's Murder Inc. in 2002 was Ashanti. The Declaration her fourth studio album released on June 3 2008. On October 16 Hey Baby (After the Club) was released to stations and digital platforms. Also, she was in films Christmas in the City, Army Wives and Latasha Monteclair. The track Rock wit U was sampled by British rapper Aitch for his track Baby on the 10th of March 2022.