Ashanti Sex Tape Scandal

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Singer Ashanti attends The Women's Leadership Panel and Reception at the Hearst Tower on July 21, 2008 in New York City. See full gallery . (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images North America)

Musical artist Ashanti attends a party celebrating Sephora's 10 year anniversary at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on July 17, 2008 in New York City. See full gallery. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images North America)
Singer Ashanti attends the Ashanti Listening Party at the W New York Downtown Hotel & Residences on June 4, 2008 in New York. See full gallery. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images North America)

Singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. See full gallery. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)
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Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) 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 504,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S. in April 2002. In the same week, she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Foolish", and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). She broke records again by having three Top Ten songs Foolish, What's Luv, and Always on Time, with Ja Rule, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week, being the first female to accomplish this feat and being second only to The Beatles. Ashanti also wrote and sang background on the song "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix) sung by Jennifer Lopez which was also in the top 10 charts at the same time as "Foolish", "Always on Time" (with Ja Rule), and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). As of 2007 , Ashanti had sold more than 6 million albums in the U.S., and more than 15 million records worldwide. Ashanti has become one of the most successful female artist of the 21st century having had an impressive 14 top 40 hits in a matter of six years and 10 of them went into the top ten of billboard's hot 100. No other female artist who debuted in the 21st century has as many top 40 hits as she.

Ashanti cites Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, Yolanda Adams, the Clark Sisters, and Blue Magic as her musical influences. She recently released her fourth studio album entitled The Declaration on June 3, 2008.

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