Ashanti Gives Grenadian Fan a Lapdance Live on Stage Grenada Dec 19th 2015 ᴴᴰ

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Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actor and author Ashanti is a native of Glen Cove, Long Island. Ashanti burst onto the music scene with her 2002 smash hit, self-titled debut album "Ashanti." It landed the #1 spot on both the Billboard Top 200 and R&B; album charts, selling a whopping 504,593 units in its first week. Her first week showing set a SoundScan record as the most albums sold by any debut female artist in the chart's history, granting her a spot on Guinness World Records. With her hit song, "Foolish," Ashanti also secured the #1 top spot on SIX Billboard charts simultaneously, including Hot R&B;/ Hip-Hop Airplay, The Billboard 200, Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks, Hot 100 Airplay, Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums and Hot 100! "Foolish" stayed on the Billboard charts for 11 consecutive weeks. She made Billboard history by having her first three chart entries land in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. She is the first female to accomplish this feat, previously only attained by the Beatles. That year she was awarded 8 Billboard awards. Her album "Ashanti" topped the Billboard Album Chart and also won the Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B; Album. In addition, that year she won 2 American Music Awards and the Soul Train Aretha Franklin Entertainer of the Year Award. Her follow-up release, "Chapter II," debuted in the number 1 slot for two consecutive weeks on the Billboard Album Chart and spawned two Top 10 singles. In addition to her Grammy, she's also received multiple Soul Train Awards, a MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award, a Comet Award (Grammy Equivalent in Germany), Lady of Soul Awards, a Teen Choice Award and Nickelodeon's Kid Choice Award, along with many other nominations including an MTV movie award nomination and an NAACP Image Award Nomination for her role as Kera in "Coach Carter." Ashanti's forthcoming album, the highly-anticipated "Braveheart" will be released this summer on Written Entertainment and distributed by eOne Music. The album features the heart-wrenching single, "Never Should Have." "Braveheart" also included the tracks "The Woman You Love" featuring Busta Rhymes and "That's What We Do" featuring R. Kelly. Ashanti made her directorial debut for her video "The Woman You Love." All three tracks are currently available on iTunes. She is certainly considered a mogul in this business! Ashanti recently wrote the title track for the film Dream House, produced by Morgan Creek and starring Daniel Craig. The track it titled "Never Too Far Away," and was released on September 30, 2011 on her label Written Entertainment. She will also write the score and contributed to the soundtrack of the new film Tupac, slated for release in Fall 2014 and also produced by Morgan Creek. She has written her first book of poetry through Hyperion titled Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love which is currently in its eighth edition and is also an Audio Book/Spoken Word. Ashanti has performed before Presidents and royalty. She has performed duets with the likes of Pattie Labelle, Smokey Robinson, Ronald Isley, Stevie Wonder and Kenny Chesney to name a few. She has appeared on shows ranging from The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Ellen, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Live With Regis & Kelly, Live With Kelly and Michael, Saturday Night Live, The View, The Rachael Ray Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, E!'s Chelsea Lately, BET's 106 & Park, MTV's TRL, VH1's Hip Hop Honors and Fuse TV among others. She has performed on virtually every music awards show from the Grammys to the American Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Europe Awards, VMAs Japan, The BET Awards, The World Music Awards, The Much Music Awards, the Soul Train Awards, Teen Choice Awards and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. She is an American favorite, singing the National Anthem and "God Bless America" for major events, including the World Series and the NBA Finals Play off Series, as well as performing for the NBA All Star Game. With all of this amazing success, Ashanti has never lost sight of who she is and how important it is to give back to the community. She has been very active supporting a large list of charities and good causes. Ashanti is the Ambassador for the Jumpstart reading program and also is a Chain of Confidence Counselor for the Tupperware Brand. She became the Youth of the Year Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club of America in 2009 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. She became a member of their "BE GREAT" Campaign with Denzel Washington, with whom she shot a National PSA on education. It debuted at the Congressional Breakfast in September 2011. The PSA was directed by Oscar Winner Ron Howard.