Ashanti Trivia
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Birth name: Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
Date of birth: 13 October 1980
Place of birth: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Nickname: Shani
Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Names Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald and Blue Magic are artists whom inspired her.
- Her songs “Foolish”, “Always On Time”, and “What’s Luv” made the top 10 all in one week.
- Launched her career in 1994 when she was recognized at a talent show.
- Wrote all 12 tracks on her self-titled debut album.
- A native of Long Island, she began singing at the age of 12.
- Was the first R&B singer to join Murder Inc. Records.
- Has worked with Ja Rule, Big Pun and Fat Joe.
- Turned down a track scholarship to Hampton University to pursue her singing career.
- Before she joined Murder Inc. Records, she was signed by Jive Records.
- Her father is half African-American (black) and half Chinese and her mother is 3/4 Hispanic (Dominican) and 1/4 African-American (black).
- Ashanti got her first taste of acting as a child extra in the Spike Lee directed movies Malcolm X and Who’s the Man?. She also started as a dancer in the Disney TV film Polly.
- In 2006, she starred in the teen comedy John Tucker Must Die.
- In 2007, Ashanti appeared in the sci-fi horror action Resident Evil: Extinction as a nurse named Betty.
- It has been widely noted by fans of the video game, Resident Evil 5, that the new lead character “Sheva” strongly resembles Ashanti as she appeared in the Resident Evil 3 movie. Capcom, developer of the game, has denied any unauthorized or uncompensated usage of Ashanti’s image has occurred, although in the past they have modeled characters after celebrities, such as Ayumi Hamasaki, a former Capcom spokesperson.
- On October 27, 2008, Ashanti took part in The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken, a one night only concert to celebrate the Fifth anniversary of Wicked, featuring songs written by Stephen Schwartz, that were cut from the show. The concert was one the biggest concerts in American history today.
- In November 2009, Ashanti joined the crew of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The singer assisted in the rebuilding of the Powell Family home in Buffalo, New York. The efforts from the show expanded significantly to include not just the family home but the entire neighborhood surrounding it. The episode aired January 24, 2010.
- On June 27, 2010, Rap-Up.com caught up with Ashanti and she hinted she may be making the move to Interscope, but she remained coy. “I can’t tell you yet,” she said with a laugh.
