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In 2001, Ashanti was first featured as a background vocalist on rapper Big Pun's song 'How We Roll'. Gotti noted her dancing and acting abilities in addition to her vocal skills. mastermind Irv Gotti that Ashanti began to blossom. It was when she was noticed by Murder Inc. recording studio, hoping for another big break. Undaunted, she continued to croon at local New York clubs and began hanging out at the Murder Inc. However, the label's management changes quickly left Ashanti out in the cold. But she put college pursuits aside when Epic Records came calling with a contract in 1998. Unfortunately, this relationship soured when Jive tried to make the soulful singing teen into a run-of-the-mill pop star.ДЄshanti regrouped by throwing herself into schoolwork and running on her school's track team, which earned her athletic scholarships to Princeton & Hampton University. By the time she hit puberty, her mom was sending out demo tapes of her daughter's vocal talents, which led to a record deal with Jive Records in 1994. As a teenager, she performed in a local talent show and at the Soul Cafe, China Club, Madison Square Garden, Caroline's Comedy Club and Greek Fest 2000. Her love of music continued to rise as she attended high school.

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With actress and choreographer Debbie Allen at the helm, Ashanti also performed in the Disney TV film Polly alongside stars Keshia Knight Pulliam and Phylicia Rashad, the 1994 Caribbean Awards and dancing with Judith Jamison of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.ДЄshanti displayed a knack for singing when she was six by singing in a gospel choir.

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She danced with the Senior Pro Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Black Spectrum Theater. Ashanti went to Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center where she studied different dance styles including tap, jazz, ballet, African, modern and hip hop. Growing up, Ashanti took dance lessons and joined the church choir. Her grandfather, James, was a civil rights activist who associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. She inherited a zest for music from her mother Tina, a former dance teacher, and her father Ken-Kaide, a former singer. She is currently working on her own record label entitled Written Entertainment.ДЄshanti was born on October 13, 1980, in Glen Cove, New York. Praised as a gifted songwriter by her peers and critics alike, Ashanti has written/co-written the bulk of all her music. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, Yolanda Adams, The Clark Sisters, and Blue Magic as her musical influences. Later that year, she was acclaimed as the 'Princess Of Hip-Hop & R&B' by the media and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards.ДЄshanti cites Mary J.

Ashanti also wrote and sang background on the song 'Ain't It Funny' (Murder Remix) sung by Jennifer Lopez which was also in the top 10 charts at the same time as 'Foolish', 'Always on Time' (with Ja Rule), and 'What's Luv' (with Fat Joe). She broke records again by having three Top Ten songs Foolish, What's Luv, and Always on Time, with Ja Rule, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week, being the first female to accomplish this feat and being second only to The Beatles. In the same week, she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with 'Foolish', and 'What's Luv' (with Fat Joe). The album set a Soundscan record as the most albums sold by any first-time female artist in the chart's history, outselling debuts by Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born Octoin Glen Cove, New York, United States), professionally known as Ashanti, is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s.ДЄshanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song 'Foolish', and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.