MIAMI, SOUTH AFRICA AND ASHANTI
Ashanti, (Ashitty as some call her)is surely a busy chick. As a part time resident, she will soon receive the key to Miami. No word on why she should, maybe it's because of her extended "family" the billionaires James & Loren Ridinger.
In other Ashanti news she will be performing in South Africa on the 15th of this month. She will return to the U.S to promote her new movie that drops this summer.
This is quite alot for someone who claims to be "resting".
[SOURCE]
posted by Carrie/or/Kristin @ 8:42 PM
4 Comments:
her movie looks interesting
International R&B star Ashanti Douglas had to pull out of a concert in Johannesburg on Saturday when her cousin was killed in a car crash in Randburg.
Quinshae Snead, 20, was flung from a BMW in Hans Strijdom Drive when it rolled after being rear-ended by a speeding Toyota Corolla.
Her body was thrown into the oncoming lane where it was hit by another vehicle, said West Rand police spokesperson Solomon Sibiya.
The 17-year-old unlicensed driver of the speeding Toyota Corolla had stolen his mother's car, said Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.
"He was also under the influence of liquor and measured 0,23 on the alcometer test," he said. He was arrested for drunken driving.
Minnaar said he and the driver of the BMW were seriously injured and were taken to the Olivedale Clinic for treatment.
Snead had been on her way from the Coca-Cola Dome to a Johannesburg hotel to fetch something for her famous cousin before her performance in the Redd's Divas Concert.
Ashanti was to have appeared with singers Lauryn Hill, Regina Belle, Sibongile Khumalo, Simphiwe, Lebo Mathosa, Bongo Maffin and Tyte Dana.
Describing the crash as a tragedy, Ashanti's promoter Morris Roda thanked her fans for coming out to support her and apologised that she was unable to perform.
It was Ashanti's first trip to South Africa, he said.
She and Snead were close and had lived together in the United States, said another promoter.
"The Douglas family has asked the South African public to please keep Ashanti, her family and all those involved in this horrible car accident in their prayers," the promoters said in a statement.
They thanked the office of the president, other government departments, South African Airways and Travel with Flair for helping them to deal with the matter with the "dignity it deserves".
According to Internet biographies, Ashanti was born in 1980 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, into a musical family, started singing in a gospel choir when she was six and began songwriting in
high school.
Her first hit was How We Roll in 2001, she was featured on the Ja Rule smash Always On Time, and on Fat Joe's hit What's Luv?
Her self-titled debut album was released early on April 9 2002, on it the single, Foolish.
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I just read about Ashanti's cousin. That is really said.
My condolences to the family.
RIP Quinn
I'm from South Africa and the freeways here are crazy, people do 0ver a 100mph on average. theres always an accident especially in joburg. My condolences to the family.
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