“Always on Time” and Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” to becoming a solo star with her self-titled debut album, which came out 20 years ago on April 2, 2002.
Instantly crowning the Glen Cove, Long Island, native as the princess of hip-hop soul with its trendsetting sound, the LP — featuring the hits “Foolish,” “Happy” and “Baby” — went triple-platinum and won her a Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album.
And it firmly established a career that, bopping from music to acting, has led Ashanti to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.“I can’t believe I’m getting a star,” said Ashanti, 41. “I’m so grateful and humbled and overwhelmed.
And with the divine timing of it being my 20-year anniversary of my first album essentially in the same week . . . we couldn’t have planned that alignment.”Getting discovered by Murder Inc.
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