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In Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas was born on October 13, 1980. Growing up in a musical family, her mother was a dance teacher and her father sang. Ashanti displayed talent in music and dance since childhood.
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Ashanti was born in New York state to Ken Kaide and Tina Douglas, a dance instructor. She was accepted into Hampton University & Princeton University, but turned down a track & field scholarship to pursue her singing career. Ashanti was first brought into the public eye as a featured background vocalist on a 2001 hip-hop remake of Madonna's "Justify My Love," which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie The Fast and the Furious, along with "When A Man Does Wrong."
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