What does ashanti do now

The Grammy Award singer had some of the greatest hits of the s! Check out what the queen of the s, Ashanti, is now up to in ! Today in , the songstress is still creating music and is gorgeous as ever! Born on October 13, , in New York, Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas was actually named after the Ashanti Empire in Ghana by her parents, which were known to have women in power and influence.

Even though she proved to her parents that she had the vocals to become a professional singer at age 12, she had actually struggled to find someone who'd represent her. She was actually in films before her singing career took off, including as a child extra in Spike Lee's Malcolm X!

You just have to grow. You have to grow up. You have to accept responsibility for the things that you do. Ashanti also threw shade at Nelly at a concert in In September , Ashanti and Nelly saw each other for the first time since their breakup.

They reunited at the iconic Verzuz battle between Fat Joe and Ja Rule, with whom both of them have collaborated. The memorable "I'm Real" remix features Ashanti's vocals, and it turns out she had wanted to keep that song for herself. She also co-wrote Lopez's "Ain't It Funny" remix, allegedly creating it over the phone and texting the lyrics to Gotti. In and , their international " I Love the s " tour took them across the globe, tapping into early aughts nostalgia.

Who else joined them on that tour? Ashanti still remembers that review, which predicted very different career paths for the two. Ashanti and Ja Rule have always been close friends, but despite rampant tabloid speculation, Ashanti claims the relationship was solely platonic.

She told Entertainment Tonight , "Never, ever. I don't know what it was with us two. From the first time we met, it was like, 'Oh, that's my brother! Later, she repeated her story to Harper's Bazaar , saying, "It's great to really care about and love someone that you work with and made history with. I bounce ideas off of him and he does the same. Ashanti never stops making music, especially about her personal life. In , she told the Huffington Post:.

Right now we have so many really cool records. I know I have some very deep records. I have some records that people are going to be like, "Did she really just say that?

Some deep records that people are going to be like, "Wow. Video: YouTube. Miranda told Conan O'Brien he essentially wrote the song for the two, hoping he'd eventually be able to cast them: When I was writing that song, I was picturing it as Ashanti and Ja Rule. View this post on Instagram. Colleagues During Their Trial. In an interview with Hot 97, she said : Anybody with any sense of logic could see that I rode out. She Starred In 'The Wiz'. Ashanti consistently denied the accusations, and in , Gotti admitted he'd made up the rumors because, he said , he felt Ashanti had been disloyal and decided to get even: We made great music together and everything like that, all right?

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