Born: October 13, 1980, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York.
Ashanti Douglas is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, model, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti 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.
She was also the first female to occupy the top 2 positions on the Billboard 100 as a featured female artist. Her hit with Ja Rule "Always On Time" sat at #1 while her Fat Joe collaboration "What's Luv?" was at #2.