Early Life

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas’s Birthdate is on September 13, 1980, in Glen Cove in Nassau Regency, close to Long Island, New York. He came from a family-oriented family when his mother Tina, worked as a dancer, and his father Ken-Kaye was a singer on the days.

Therefore, in his mother’s insistence, he started the class at Dance School and later became a jazz and ballet expert. His vocal ability came to the surface later, but as a child, he sang in the school choir. When he was twelve years old, his mother noticed that he had the talent of singing, so he pursued him to participate in the performance of music competitions, and thanks to this attention, the big career door immediately opened.

Throughout the secondary school day, the R&B icon focused on writing. His unique voice was recognized for the first time by the expertise of the music industry, and this was the time when he got an offer to sign an agreement with Jive Records. He is fourteen.

Then he began to study at Hampton University in Virginia, but he never graduated because of the chase of his music career.

Career

A famous celebrity always dreams of having a successful music career, but his journey is not that easy. Jive Records did not make progress for him. Immediately, he signed a contract for AJM Records and finally began to be recognized by a more significant producer. The first to pay attention to him was Irv Gotti, producer of the murder of Inc.

The first song under this company is “How We Roll” by Big, where he appeared as a vocal background. This son was a huge success in 2001. After that, he dedicated his time to prepare and broadcast his first solo album. Meanwhile, he has a little more collaboration with several big names from Hip-hop and R&B music scenes, like Ja Rule for the song “Always On Time” and Fat Joe “What’s Luv.”

Both of these songs became in a recording time that was so popular and became a young star who skyrocketed into the world of fame. The two songs ended at the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 list, which was very meaningful for the future success of his first solo song “Foolish.” At that time, he was also a person who sang the film title song which was finally popular “Fast and Furious.” In 2002 his first album was brought out and extraordinary success.

Even half a million coffee sold in a week. The next album, “Chapter II,” is the same good seller, and that is number one in the Billboard 200 category. The third and fourth albums, in 2004 and 2008, did not bring the same glory, but they got a decent criticism. In 2017 she appeared as a leading actress at The Army Wives, a TV series produced by ABC Channel.

His latest album was released in 2019 under the name “For I Know The Plans, I Have You.”

Personal life

It is known that tabloids around the world that the hip-hop icon is in a long-term relationship with R&B musicians Nelly and they break up after 11 years. Later, attractive singers have less the relationship between Desean Jackson, Darnell Docket, and Nas, but it seems that he is currently single.

ASHANTI NET WORTH 2022

In 2022, Ashanti had a net worth of around $ 20 million. The impressive amount of wealth comes from the sale of his notes; Especially the first album that reached sales of 3 million copies. Part of his income is also from the role of the film.