Ashanti

Ashanti Douglas, also known as Ashanti was is born in Glen Cove New York United States on the 13th of October, 1980. She's an actress and singer from her native United States. Her talent was first noticed when she was a teenager. The singer signed with Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. In the same year, she was included on The Fat Joe's What's Luv? The singer also featured on the Fat Joe's hit song"What's Luv!" as well as the Ja Rules track Always on Time Both of them became huge hit songs. Her hits include Foolish (number one) and What's Luv! in second position. We will help you celebrate her special day right here. Ashanti Douglas, or Ashanti as she's popularly known, was born in Glen Cove New York in 1980. Tina Douglas, her mother, is a retired teacher of dance. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. The younger Kenashia is Tia Douglas. Douglas was named Ashanti Douglas from Ghana following the Ashanti Empire. The women had enormous power and Douglas would like Ashantis to emulate that. James Her grandfather was a leader in civil rights in the 1960s who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. Her mother was impressed by Ashanti's talents after hearing her sing Mary J. Blige Reminisce. Ashanti appeared as a kid extra on Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) as well as Ted Demme's Who's the Man? She also appeared in a variety of music videos, like K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know and Eight-Off Ghetto Girls. Her career as a musician was hampered due to her lack of commercial success following her being approached by record labels such as Bad Boy and Jive. Amid this struggle, Ashanti played in New York. At the Murder Inc. Studio she was waiting to make the breakthrough. Ashanti was the backing vocalist to Big Pun's We Roll. Her other appearances include The Fat Joe's song"What's Luv? Ja Rule's "Always on Time" as well as Fat Joe's What's Luv! The sample used in her first single Foolish was taken from DeBarge's with Me which was released in 1983. Ashanti made her debut album, titled "Ashanti", in 2002 under Irv Getti's Murder Inc. Record Label. The Declaration was her fourth studio album came out in June 2008. Hey Baby, After the Club (released both on radio and digital formats) was released on October 16 on the 16th of October, 2008. She was in the film Christmas in the City and as Latasha Montclair on Army Wives. Aitch made use of the Rock wit U sample in Baby on the 10th of March 2022.