Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Doug, often known as Ashanti was born on October 13 of 1980, on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove New York United States. She is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Ashanti was a teenager actor and singer in the US, was signed by Murder Inc. Records to release her debut album in 2002. The same year she also was featured in Fat Joe's What's Luv? track and Ja Rule's Always on Time track both of which were huge hits. The first female artist to hold first and second spots within the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States with Foolish at first place and Luv? at number two. Luv? She became the first female artist to have both of the top two spots on American Billboard Hot 100 With Foolish as number one and What's Love? We can celebrate this special day with us. Ashanti Shequoiya is also known as Ashanti when she was born October 13th 1980, located in Glen Cove New York. Tina Douglas is the mother of Ashanti and Ken Kaide Douglas is father. She is more youthful than Kenashia T. Douglas. Douglas has named her in honour of her mother, the Ashanti Empire located in Ghana where women held power and influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to model that same pattern. James, Ashanti's grandfather has been a prominent civil rights advocate alongside Martin Luther King Jr. back in 1960s. The Ashanti's mother discovered her talent following her performance of Mary J. Blige Reminisce. Ashanti was a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? She also appeared in a variety of music videos, such as K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know and Eight-Off Ghetto Girls. Ashanti was sought out and signed by a variety of record labels, including Bad Boy. She also featured in several cameos on music videos. Amid this struggle, Ashanti was a performer on stage in New York. At the Murder Inc. Studio she stood around hoping for an opportunity to break through. Ashanti sang as the vocalist backing the Big Pun's How We Roll. She also appeared in the Fat Joe song "What's Luv?" Ja Rule's Always on Time and Fat Joe's There is Love. The first single from Ashanti, Foolish, DeBarge's Stay With Me from 1983 is sampled. Ashanti's debut self-titled record was made available through Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. on the label in 2002. The Declaration, her fourth studio album, was released in June of 2008. Hey Baby, After the Club (released on radio and digital) dropped on the 16th of October, 2008. She was a part of the film Christmas in the City as in Army Wives. Aitch was seen wearing in her Rock wit U sample in Baby on the 10th day of March in 2022.