AP - Dec 22, 2009
A would-be rapper was convicted Tuesday of harassing Ashanti s mother with a flurry of dirty photos and lewd text messages about the Grammy Award-winning R&B star. Devar Hurd shook his head as a Manhattan...
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For someone about to make her stage debut, Ashanti appears eerily relaxed. The Grammy-winning singer and actress exudes a sense of calm during a lunch break from vigorous rehearsals for the New York...
More »AP - Dec 12, 2008
If you want to create a mix-tape of the year s best songs, here are the must-haves for 2008. 1. Never Would Have Made It, Marvin Sapp: Of course, a gospel tome is inspirational that s the whole...
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Ashanti knows how to put on a tour. And she was born on Long Island. Apparently that's all the R&B star needed to qualify her for appointment as a "tourism ambassador" for Nassau...
More »AP - Jul 23, 2008
Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador. The R&B singer was introduced Tuesday at a news conference as one of nine ambassadors who will promote tourism...
More »E! Online - Apr 17, 2006
Ashanti s South African adventure has been cut tragically short. The Grammy-winning singer canceled her first scheduled concert in Johannesburg and is heading back to the States following the shocking...
More »USRN - Feb 2, 2005
Rapper Nelly and singer Ashanti have been downplaying their relationship in the past months, with each party providing the politically correct answer that they ve only been on a few dates when questioned...
More »USRN - Oct 21, 2003
(10/21/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Ashanti s never before seen mini-movie version of her video for Rain On Me became available to the public exclusively on a LidRock CD-ROM on Friday (October 17). The CD-ROM is...
More »USRN - Oct 7, 2003
(10/7/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Fans of R&B s Ashanti can rock with her during the holidays. The red-hot singer has just recorded Ashanti s Christmas, and it s due out November 18, according to MTV.com. Tunes...
More »USRN - Sep 12, 2003
(9/12/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- R& B star Ashanti will be the subject of the next installation of VH-1 s Driven. The show will debut this Sunday (September 14) at 10 p.m. ET on VH-1. Driven will detail Ashanti...
More »USRN - Jul 29, 2003
(7/29/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- R&B star Ashanti will open for R. Kelly during his upcoming, five-date tour in August. Ashanti will be touring in support of her latest set Chapter II, which debuted at Number...
More »USRN - Jul 17, 2003
(7/17/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- R&B singer Ashanti edged out Beyonce Knowles for the second consecutive week to continue her stronghold on the Number One position on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The singer...
More »USRN - Jul 10, 2003
(7/10/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Grammy award winning singer Ashanti scored her second consecutive Number One debut this week when her latest set Chapter II entered the Billboard 200 at Number One after selling...
More »USRN - Jul 1, 2003
(7/1/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- R&B singer Ashanti (Ashanti Douglas) will release her sophomore set, Chapter II, on Tuesday (July 1). The first single from the set, Rock Wit U, is presently Number Three on the...
More »USRN - Jun 9, 2003
(6/9/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Grammy award-winning singer Ashanti will release her sophomore set Chapter II on July 1. The set is the follow-up to the singer s self-titled debut which sold more than 3 million...
More »USRN - May 20, 2003
(5/20/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Ashanti s mother, Tina Douglas, quit her job as a software technician to become the singer s co-manager, and she travels around the country with her Grammy Award-winning daughter...
More »USRN - May 15, 2003
(5/15/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Grammy award-winning singer Ashanti recently released a new single, Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) from her upcoming sophomore set, Chapter II. It s due out on July 1. The singer explained...
More »USRN - May 12, 2003
(5/12/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- R&B singer Ashanti was in Key Biscayne, Florida on Thursday and Friday (May 8 and 9), shooting the video for her latest single Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) with video director Paul Hunter...
More »USRN - May 7, 2003
(5/7/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Murder Inc. Records, home of Ashanti, Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah, and others, has been the subject of an ongoing federal investigation. One executive was arrested last week for gun...
More »USRN - May 7, 2003
(5/7/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Craig David and Ashanti are among the artists who will be special guests of Mariah Carey during her Charmbracelet World Tour in support of her latest album, Charmbracelet. David...
More »USRN - Apr 21, 2003
(4/21/03, 3 p.m ET) -- Grammy award winning R&B singer Ashanti will release a new single, Rock Wit U (Aww Baby) to radio on May 5 and commercially on June 16. The song, which was produced by Irv Gotti...
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