recording studio, hoping for a big break. Despite this, she continued to perform in and around New York and began hanging out at the Murder Inc. Īshanti struggled to find success as a singer after being courted by several record labels, including Bad Boy and Jive.
She also had a couple of minor appearances in music videos, such as KRS-One's " MC's Act Like They Don't Know" as well as 8-Off's "Ghetto Girl". She got her first taste of acting as a child extra in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) and in Ted Demme's Who's the Man?. As a teenager, she performed in a local talent show and at several small festivals. While attending high school, she began to write songs. Blige's " Reminisce" at age 12 (the song was also released on Ashanti's birthday).
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Īshanti's mother discovered her full singing potential when she overheard Ashanti singing Mary J. Her grandfather, James, was a civil rights activist who was associated with Martin Luther King Jr. Ashanti's mother named her after the Ashanti Empire in Ghana in this nation, women had power and influence, and Tina wanted Ashanti to follow that model. Ashanti's younger sister is Kenashia "Shia" Douglas. She is the oldest of her parents' children. Her mother, Tina Douglas, is African American and a former dance teacher, her father, Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas, is also African American and a former singer.
She became the first female artist to occupy the top two positions on the U.S. That year, she was featured on Fat Joe's " What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's " Always on Time", both of which became two of the biggest hit songs of 2002. She was first discovered as a teenager and later signed to Murder Inc. Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.