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Ashanti is an American R&B singer and actress. She is the first female music artist who occupied the top two positions on U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with her two songs“Foolish” and  “What’s Luv?”. Ashanti’s eponymous debut album, which was released in 2002 sold over 505,000 copies throughout the United States in the first week of release. As of 2023, Ashanti net worth is roughly around $5 million.

Real Name Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
Date of Birth October 13, 1980
Birthplace Glen Cove, New York
Profession Singer, Actress
Relationship Status Single
Net Worth $5 million

Early Life

Ashanti was born on the 13th of October, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York. She was born to parents, Ken-Kaide Thomas and Tina Douglas. Her dad is a former singer and her mom is a former dance teacher. Ashanti grew up as the oldest kid of her parents. Ashanti’s singing potential was discovered at 12 years of age by her mom when she sang Mary J. Blige’s song, Reminisce.

Ashanti started writing songs while she was studying in high school. In her early days, she also performed at several small festivals and in a local talent show. In 1992, she appeared as a child extra in the epic biographical movie “Malcolm X”. Other than that, she also appeared in music videos “Ghetto Girl” and “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know”.

However, she went through a hard struggle to find success as a singer. Though she never lost hope in her dream and continued performing in New York. She also hung out at the recording studio, the Murder Inc. in a hope that she might get a big break. As a singer, she was first noticed by music executive, Irv Gotti. Ashanti wrote down some hooks for Gotti’s rap artists and also performed with them in duets.

Ashanti Net Worth & How She Made Money?

 

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In 2001, she was featured on The Fast and the Furious soundtrack and featured on Vita’s hip hop remake, Justify My Love. In addition, she was featured on the hit song, What’s Luv? And “Always on time”. The two songs were the biggest hit of 2002. After getting popular through her collaboration songs with Fat Joe and Ja Rule, she dropped her debut song, Foolish. The song turned out to be a big hit that spent 10 weeks at top of the Billboard Hot 100.

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Ashanti released her self-titled debut album in April 2002. The album was released on Irv Gott’s record label, Murder Inc. Her first album picked a top stop on the U. S. Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified triple platinum in U. S. She also earned many awards for her debut album including 8 Billboard Music Awards, 2 American Music Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Ashanti dropped her second album titled “Chapter II” in July 2003. The album picked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold 326,000 copies in the first week of release in the United States. Subsequently, the album went platinum with sales of 1.5 million copies. The album’s first song, Rock wit U (Awww Baby)” became a big hit and peaked at 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. She dropped a Christmas album, Ashanti’s Christmas in November 2003 which contained 10 Christmas songs.

Ashanti announced in 2017 that her 7th studio album would get released in 2018. However, later she denied the news and confirmed a future release of a collaborative album with rapper, Ja Rule in June 2018. In August 2019, she released a collaboration song, Pretty Little Thing with British singer, Afro B.

Personal Life

Ashanti started dating rapper, Nelly after she met her at a press conference of the 2003 Grammy Awards in January 2003. The pair started dating on February 17. They had a strong relationship for 11 years until they separated on March 6, 2014.

What is Ashanti’s Net Worth?

Year Ashanti Net Worth (estimated)
until 2019 $3 million
2020 $3.5 million
2021 $4.2 million
2022/ start of 2023 $5 million

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ashanti’s personal wealth is estimated to be around $5 million as of 2023. She purchased a $1.95 million worth of the house in Old Westbury, New York in 2003. The house was listed for sale in July 2022 for $2.2 million.

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