About Ashanti
Date of Birth / Age
13/10/1980
Birthplace
Glen Cove, NY, United States
Other Names / Nicknames
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
Singer, songwriter, producer and actress Ashanti was born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York, where she grew up taking dance lessons and singing in the church choir. As a child, she had bit parts in the films Malcolm X, Who’s the Man?, and the Disney TV film Polly. After meeting producer Irv Gotti in 2001, she appeared on tracks by artists such as Big Pun, Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez. She released her debut album, Ashanti, on Gotti’s Murder Inc. record label in April of 2002. The album contained her biggest hit to date, “Foolish”, which spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won her a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B album. In 2003, Ja Rule and Ashanti collaborated on the hit song, “Mesmerize.” Later that year, she released her second album, Chapter II, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, as well as the holiday album Ashanti’s Christmas. She followed this up with Concrete Rose in 2004 and the remix album Collectibles by Ashanti in 2005.
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