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 After
making a name for herself guesting
on tracks by
Ja Rule
and Fat Joe,
Ashanti Douglas
burst straight out of the Murder
Inc. camp and to the to of the
charts with "Foolish." The song,
notable for its
guest-spot-from-beyond by the
Notorious B.I.G., hit the top of the
Hot 100 and R&B singles chart, and
drove Ashanti's self-tilted debut to
the top of the charts upon its
release...>>>
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In
fact, Ashanti was so hot that she
became the first artist since the
Beatles to have three singles
simultaneously in the top 10, after
"Foolish" followed her duet with Ja
Rule, "Always On Time," and her
pairing with Fat Joe, "What's Luv?,"
into the upper reaches of the Hot
100.
Ashanti wasn't exactly an overnight
sensation. She had a number of false
starts on her road to success. At
age 14 she landed a deal with Jive
Records that went nowhere. She had a
similar experience three years later
with Noontime/Epic. Finally, things
started to go her way toward the end
of her teen years when she met Irv
Gotti through a friend of a friend
of her co-manager. Gotti was
initially hesitant to showcase an
R&B artist, but gave the budding
singer a guest shot on Big Pun's
"How We Roll," the first in a series
of pairings with hip-hop artists,
which gave Ashanti credibility in
the urban music world.
Subsequent hit singles from
Ashanti, "Baby" and "Happy,"
further cemented her stardom, as did
several high-profile nominations and
awards. Although she failed to win
best new artist, her debut album was
named best contemporary R&B album at
the Grammys in 2003. Similar
triumphs followed at the Soul Train
Awards and the NAACP Awards.
With the release of Chapter II
in July 2003, Ashanti set out to
prove that her earlier success was
no fluke.
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