Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya-Douglas, also known as Ashanti, was born on the 13th of October 1981 on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Ashanti began her career as a teenager, and was ultimately signed to Murder Inc. Records by 2002. The same year she appeared 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 take the first and second spots on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at number one, and the track What's Luv? What's Luv? At number two, we will assist you in celebrating her special day right here. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, better called Ashanti was born on the 13th of October 1988 from Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas, her mother, is a retired dance teacher. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. Kenashia Shia is her younger sister. Douglas has named her in honour of the Ashanti Empire which was located in Ghana where women held power as well as influence. Douglas desired Ashanti to be a model for the Ashanti Empire. James his grandfather was a prominent civil rights leader in the 1960s who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. Her mother was able to discover Ashanti's talents by overhearing her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti appeared as a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X from 1992 as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Also, she had cameos in music videos including K.R.S.-Act One's MC's don't know and 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. After being sought out by a number of record labels including Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti struggled to find success in the field of singing. Ashanti continued to sing throughout New York, and spent her time in Murder Inc. studios hoping for a breakthrough. Ashanti was first seen as the background singer for Big Pun on the song "How We Roll". In addition, she sang in Fat Joe's "What's Luv?" Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's "What's Luv?" were also featured. On her first song, Foolish the song by DeBarge's Me that was recorded in 1983 is sampled. The self-titled debut album of Ashanti was released in 2002 on 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. Hey Baby (After The Club) hit radios and digital platforms on 16 October. She portrayed Latasha on Army Wives and starred in the movie Christmas in the City. Her track Rock wit U was sampled by British artist Aitch to accompany his track Baby on the 10th of March 2022.