Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya, also known by the name Ashanti was born October 13 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is a musician, singer and actress of her native United States. Ashanti began her professional career in the teen years, and was eventually signed to Murder Inc. Records by 2002. Ashanti was featured on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? Also, she was featured in Fat Joe's track"What's Luv!" and the Ja Rules' track Always On Time, both of which became huge hit songs. She became the first female artist to have the first and second spots in the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at the top spot and the track What's Luv? The song What's Luv! Right here, you can assist her in celebrating this memorable day. Ashanti Shequoiya, more popularly known as Ashanti, is a New Yorker who was born in Glen Cove on 13 October, 1980. Tina Douglas was her mother and Ken Kaide Thomas Douglas before had a voice. The oldest of the three is the Kenashia Shia Douglas who is older sister. Douglas chose the name Ashanti to honor Ghana's Ashanti Empire, where women ruled and had an influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to adopt this same model. James the Ashanti's great-grandfather was a civil rights activist alongside Martin Luther King Jr. back in 1960s. Ashanti was caught by her mom when she heard Ashanti singing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was an actor for Spike Lee's Malcolm X in 1992 as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Some of her appearances were in music video clips, such as K.R.S. Act One's MC's"Like They Don't Know" and 8 Off's Ghetto Woman. The career of Ashanti as a musician was hampered by her inability to achieve success after being approached by record labels such as Bad Boy and Jive. Ashanti continued to sing throughout New York, and she began to hang around the Murder Inc. studios hoping for a big break. Ashanti was originally a backup vocalist for Big Pun's track"How We Roll. Ashanti also sang on Fat Joe's song"What's Luv?" as well as Ja Rule's Never On Time. She sampled DeBarge's 1983 single Stay With Me in her debut track Foolish. The first album of her own that was released on the album of Irv's Murder Inc. in 2002 was Ashanti. The Declaration was Ashanti's fourth studio album that was which was released on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby was released for radio and digital on the 16th of October, 2009. She was a part of the films Christmas in the City as in Army Wives. Aitch sampled Rock wit U in his Baby on the 10th of March 2022.