Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya, who was born Douglas, is famously known as Ashanti. Ashanti was birthed on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She's an actress and singer from in the United States. The talent of Ashanti was discovered as a teen. She was signed to Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. Ashanti was featured in The Fat Joe's What's Luv? Ja Rule's single, Always On Time and Fat Joe's What's luv? In the case of Foolish and The What's Luv at Number One, she became the first female artist to be featured in two tracks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart top Ten in the United States. What's Luv? This is the place to celebrate with you the day of her birthday. Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, also known as Ashanti, was born on 13 October on the 13th of October in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas, her mother is a former teacher of dance. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. Kenashia Schia Douglas is her younger sister, is older. Douglas named her Ashanti after Ghana's Ashanti Empire, where women held power and had influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to adopt this same model. James her father was a prominent civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti was discovered by her mother when she heard Ashanti singing Mary J. Blige s song Reminisce. Ashanti was an actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X in 1992, and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? Also, she had performances in music videos like K.R.S.-Act One's MC's don't even know as well as the 8-Off's Ghetto Girl. Her career as a musician was hampered due to her lack of success after being approached by major labels like Bad Boy and Jive. Even though she was not getting any major breaks, Ashanti continued playing in New York. Ashanti first appeared on the track of Big Pun's We Roll as a backing singer. Ashanti sang on the Fat Joe song"What's Luv?" Ja Rule's "Always on Time" as well as Fat Joe's What's Luv! In her debut song Foolish, DeBarge's Stay With Me that was recorded in 1983 is sung. Ashanti's debut self-titled record was released by Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration, Ashanti's fourth studio album, debuted on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby (After The Club) hit radios and digital platforms on October 16. She appeared in the Christmas in the City film and played Latasha in Army Wives. Her track Rock wit U was sampled by British singer Aitch to record his song Baby on March 10 2022.