Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known as Ashanti was born October 13 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Ashanti, a teenage singer-songwriter and actress from the United States had her name signed by Murder Inc. Records to make a record in 2002. That same year, she was featured on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? song and Ja Rule's Always on Time track. Both of them turned into huge smashes. The first female artist to be in the highest two positions on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at the top spot and What's Luv? at number two. Here, we will celebrate by sharing her birthday celebration with you. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas popularly known as Ashanti was born in Glen Cove New York on the 13th of October, 1980. Tina Douglas' mother was an instructor in dance and Ken-Kaide Douglas, the mother of Ashanti Douglas, is also a singer. She is the oldest and Sheshia is the younger sister. Douglas was named Ashanti Shia Douglas after the Ashanti Empire from Ghana, where women had power and influence. Douglas hoped Ashanti would follow the same model. James her grandfather was a civil rights leader who collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. The mother of Ashanti's discovered her talent after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti was an part-time actress in Spike Lee's Malcolm X during 1992 and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? The singer also made a few guest appearances in music videos such as K.R.S.-Act One's MC's Like They Don't Know and the 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. Ashanti was approached and signed by a variety of record labels, including Bad Boy. She also had a few cameos in music videos. In spite of this however, she was still playing in New York. Then she began to hang around in the Murder Inc. Studio hoping for an opportunity. Ashanti initially appeared as a backing vocalist of Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". In addition, she sang in the Fat Joe song "What's Luv?" Also, she appeared on the Fat Joe's What's Luv? Her sample for the debut single Foolish originates from the album of DeBarge, Stay with Me the track from 1983. Ashanti has released her debut self-titled album in 2002. It was released on Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration the fourth studio album was released the 3rd of June, 2008. On the 16th October Hey Baby (After the Club) was released on radio stations as well as digital channels. The actress starred in the movie Christmas in the City and played Latasha of Montclair's character in Army Wives. Aitch, a British musician, sampled her track Rock wit U for Baby on 10 March 2022.