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Genres:
Modern R&B
Urban/Vocals

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	Declaration Released: 2007

Biography

Ashanti S. Douglas was born on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York. She first sang in a gospel choir at the age of six and her R&B career began in 1994, when she performed at a local talent show. She soon caught the ears of industry insiders and immedeately signed to a management team. She soon began showcasting her talent with performances at The Soul Cafe, China Club, Madison Square Garden, Caroline's Comedy Club, and the Greek Fest 2000 at Jones Beach. Though she was signed to AJM records, Ashanti quickly caught the attention of mult-paltuim producer, Irv Gotti, of Murder Inc Records. Gotti seen the spectular talent in writing and singing that could set the stage for her introduction to the music industry. Soon she was writing for people from the late Big Pun to the currnet Jennifer Lopez.

She soon started appearing on tracks like, Ja Rule "always on time" and Fat Joes "wats luv." She had also previously appeared on Big Pun's smashing hit "how we roll." She started then started working with Murder Inc. recording artist, Cadillac Tah, on his singles "thugs love" and "POV anthem." Ashanti also released her own solo track "when a man does wrong."

Ashanti soon started blasting in the R&B/hip-hop scene when she released her smashing hit single "foolish." On April 2, 2002, She released her self-titled album which also contain the single of "happy", "baby", and "dreams." With the album selling 504,693 units in its first week, she was the hottest R&B chick yet. In 2002, Ashanti self-titled album sold more copies in its first week of release, than any other first time female solo artist in the charts history. Ashanti was also holding down the top spot in the billboard and hot 100 singles chart and the R&B/hip-hop singles and tracks chart in spring 2002 with the hit single "foolish." Also, at the age of 21, she rocked the billboards charts by having her first three chart entries all land in the top 10 of the billboard and hot 100 at the same time, being the first female to accomplish this feat and only second to the Beattles to do so.

In August 2002 she took home The Lady of Soul Aretha Franklin Entertainment of the year award, Lady of Soul Awards for best best R&BSoul new artist, and a teen choice award for choice breakout artist, and in December 2002 she won seven billboards awards. Also in November 2002, she published her own book titled, "foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections of love."

The next year in January 2003 she won two American Music Awards, in Febuary she won a Grammy for best Contemporary R&B album, in March she won two Soul Train Awards and a NAAP Image Award, and in April she won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for best new artist. Three months later Ashanti released her new album "chapter 2", selling 326,000 units in the first week, with the hit singles of "roc wit u" and "rain on me", all written by Ashanti. Ashanti also appeared on TV shows like "buffy the vampire slayer", "sabrina: the teenage witch", and "american dreams."

On December 14, 2004, Ashanti soon released her third album "concrete rose." With the smashing hit "only u", Shani is letting us know that she is unstopable and is not going anywhere.

In January 2005, Ashanti stared in the movie "coach carter" co-starring with Samuel L. Jackson. And later this spring she will star as Dorthy in the "muppets wonderful world of Oz." Ashanti had proven that you can be what you want to be and that this is only the beginning of her career.

Bio written by: lovin_diva

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
dat bitch can't sing ya'll know im telling da truth.jus listen 2 da so called shit she writes	WellKnownCutie914

Replys	Listener
HATER-ALEART, HATER-ALEART!	lilsuperstar_2
sniff sniff i smell h8ers...	jiggyX7
alarm sounds HATER-ALERT!	lilsuperstar_3
U probably the main one buying her album and why u got to call her a B**** for u dont even know her.	Gwenneka
I would have to agree. Her vocoal range just stays in one place. If she can sing so good how come she hasn't made any ballets?	Lady_Loca_408
Haters!!!	Gwenneka
Leave the girl alone she had to struggle to be were she is at right now.Not like these other bitches that got record deals and can't sing for shit like J-Lo.	venus031283
ashanti can't sing for beans she ain't pretty are you seeing her side burns for goodness sake you guys are dumb she is the uglyiest freiken girl i seen in my life and what are you guys talking about she is a hater she is right yall just stupid and weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!	khad_myster
ashantis voice is nice..she's sexy sassy..but whoa she in person is very dull unfunny person..but concrete rose is realy great..if u know what i am talking about HATERS	popnroll
Dat bitch ugly and cant sing and she need to hop off nellys dick	NellysLady
whoa...lots of chick hatin on Ashanti damm!!!	venus031283
bull shit ashanti can sing she might not reach beyonce but she sure as hell can sing bunch of damn hater getting sick of dis shit about ashanti leave the damn girl alone	ashanti1man
I'm with ya she's a nice lady.There's haters like always.	venus031283
Sorry to hate a little but in her videos and performances it looks like she lip sings but shes fine imma snatch jus watch BET next week lol.END!!!!!	Miamiboi
bell sound haters are over ashanti.	5286babe
shut the fuck up ashanti is a hoe and a bitch so i don't know what guy's are talking about	khad_myster
Hating all the way.Shes not only a bich but a hoe too wow.haha.	latinbeauty21
why yall on her forum if you dont like her so much	Gwenneka
cause people like to express their hatred about artist on their forums DUMBASS!!!!!!!!	thefrothymonkey
Probably because there are people on these forums who are haters like u jackass	Gwenneka
if u werent on that fourth grade reading level of yours maybe you would know that with everybody tring to bow down to ashanti it be a pretty boring world. Thank you for calling me a donkey ive been thinking off getting one as a pet. And for someone who comes up with a name like gwenneka u must be pretty ghetto. Im more of a coffee drinker. thanxs for the compliments	thefrothymonkey
Gwenneka is not my real name just like thefrothymonkeyl probably not yours either. But I guest you got to be a 3rd grader to realize that most of the screen names that people have on these forums aren't everybody real names just made up names. And I'm not suprise that you thinking about getting a donkey as a pet it fits your personality very much. Maybe you should try getting a dog a female perhaps that fits way better than a donkey. P.S. And by the way I'm a tea drinker and I love Pepsi too and THANKYOU for your compliments. : )	Gwenneka
And to tell u the truth I was thinking the same thing about your name thefrothymonkey. What the hell???	Gwenneka
Im not saying thats ur real name didnt mean to make it sound like that. My name is from a coffee shop from around where i live just to let u know it must be pretty sad that u have sunken to a level of a 13 year old who probally doesnt care about anything but but creating there own dictatorship	thefrothymonkey
Please it shows just how immature you are because you don't know how to express your views without saying something negative to somebody you dont even know. If you would have just said I quote, "cause people like to express their hatred about artist on their forums" without using the dumbass than I wouldn't be saying anything negative about you at all. I treat others how they treat me. You treat me like crap then expected to get treated like crap too.I would have just taken your opinion like everybody elses without the insults. And you tell me I act like a 13 year old because you cant take the heat back. Please!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>	Gwenneka
oh i can take the heat back even if it was conducted by somebody else:) With all the bitchy ppl i go through at my school . And u r right i probablly am not mature enough to make my opinion a calming one with out negativity. I have to admit i was wrong for i came out with the way i said that.	thefrothymonkey
LADIES,LADZ, MY GOD, {CAN'T YA ALL JUST GET ALONG} LOL	mrrexter
okay ur r late	thefrothymonkey
I agree very late	Gwenneka
that bitch can so sing u stupid tit slapper!	dust_bunny
This is a late reply: but yes, she can carry a tune, but no, she can't carry it far.	Songbirdwillow
Ok, I will skip the race differences i would normally do with an artist. I dont know what song you guys heard, but she ahs a great voice and even though its very comercial, im a have to go with Ashanti this time.	Saint_Death
dat bitch cant sing	dust_bunny
pppfff piss off 'dat bitch cant sing', ur the bitch that cant sing !! i love ashanti, bak off...	RnB_GuRL
and shes real pretty too isnt she!	RnB_GuRL
man all yall just need 2 shut da fuck up ok yall just fuckin hataz ok yall kno dat bitch is pretty n yall just tryin to get atention n y yall in her shit n e wayz if he a hoe ok is her problem not yalls so leave the "hoe" or "bitch" alone yall just some fuckin haterz dat dont kno who 2 hate off on so yall just use the pretties gurl yall can find so back off her ass ok n to all da ladies dat are hatin specially dat one bitch nellylady or some shit guess wat mija dat bitch is fuckin ur soposibly "man" ok so all ya hataz can go suck a dick n choke on it ok have a good day;)	la_playgurl13
'Dat bitch ugly and cant sing and she need to hop off nellys dick' are you a fucking retard more like one of the sexiest girls ever your just mad cause nelly's going out with ashanti jealous ass bitch.	PredicateFelonie
damn. You can chill already. As one of my dear friends said. What crawled up your ass and died.	thefrothymonkey
Haaattteeerr!!!! That so called,UM, she writes SELLS.	gawtee06
Oh go find someone else to listen to your unoriginal comments newbie. If you didnt notice your the 45th person to say haters. Im glad to know you have no mind of your own so you cant defend ashanti for a reason.	thefrothymonkey
Um, a don't give a rats ass if know one is listening to my comment.	gawtee06
Oh, and by da way, U must not have anything to do,cause ur da only person who likes to respond to others comments.	gawtee06
LOL RnB_GuRL looks so cute when she's angry! >:) And I defnitely agree with what she said! >:)	AzN_HiPhOp_bOi