Initially breaking through with sultry hooks on songs in the early 2000s on songs like Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv” and Ja Rule’s “Always on Time,” Ashanti has spent the better part of the past two decades in the spotlight.
In recent years, however, she’s shifted her attention toward acting. Though she’s appeared on-screen beginning with 1992’s “Malcolm X” as an uncredited student and appeared in plays in high school, Ashanti has carved out a nice career as an actress in addition to her music career.
Thus, it made perfect sense for her to star and executive produce “A Christmas Winter Song,” which is one of the many rolled out as part of Lifetime’s Christmas movie series. Starring as Cilo, a Christmas shop owner, she forms a special musical bond with Fred (Fred Shaw), a former jazz singer down on his luck. The allure of...
In recent years, however, she’s shifted her attention toward acting. Though she’s appeared on-screen beginning with 1992’s “Malcolm X” as an uncredited student and appeared in plays in high school, Ashanti has carved out a nice career as an actress in addition to her music career.
Thus, it made perfect sense for her to star and executive produce “A Christmas Winter Song,” which is one of the many rolled out as part of Lifetime’s Christmas movie series. Starring as Cilo, a Christmas shop owner, she forms a special musical bond with Fred (Fred Shaw), a former jazz singer down on his luck. The allure of...
- 12/13/2019
- by Daniel Kohn
- The Wrap
“Lightskin Lil Wayne” should be blasphemous. 2019 Tyga is a streaming titan, an entertaining maker of booty jams and an adept deployer of an innocuous sample, but he’s no Weezy F. Baby. In terms of lyrical dexterity or formal innovation, Tyga has yet to match the artistic heights of his Young Money mentor — it also doesn’t feel like he’s all that interested in trying. Nevertheless, on the second song off Tyga’s new album, Legendary, he makes a case that he’s the successor to Lil Wayne. It’s a stretch,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
Perched smack in the middle of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V album is “What About Me,” an accusatory, open-wound R&B record where the rapper croons heartbroken Auto-Tuned lines. “I stayed up all night for you/ Girl, what about me?” Wayne sings. “I shut down my life for you/ Now you run around with him.”
This is straight from the school of drunk-alone-at-2-a.m. Drake ballads, so it’s not surprising that Drake was originally supposed to appear on the track, according to Johnny Yukon, who co-wrote “What...
This is straight from the school of drunk-alone-at-2-a.m. Drake ballads, so it’s not surprising that Drake was originally supposed to appear on the track, according to Johnny Yukon, who co-wrote “What...
- 9/28/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Lil Wayne done gone country as a member of Little Big Town, at least that's what the good people at the American Music Awards think ... TMZ has learned. Clearly, somebody done screwed up and sources familiar with the blunder tell us Weezy just got 5 AMAs! The only problem is 4 of them don't belong to him ... they're for the hit-making country music band. Now, Lbt did win 4 trophies at last year's award show, while Wayne took home one.
- 8/2/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nicki Minaj isn't missing, hiding or lying low because she's pregnant -- she's just been in beast mode working on making her next album a masterpiece. Sources close to Nicki tell us ... she decided to ditch social media at the end of 2017 to fully focus on her music, which is why she's had no new posts since December 30. We're told she feels way more creative without the distractions of Instagram and Twitter. Our sources say...
- 2/14/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lil Wayne's got another one ... not a rap hit ... but another huge athlete for his Young Money Apaa Sports & Entertainment Agency, this time signing a champion boxer to the team ... TMZ Sports has learned. Wayne's new kid ain't some no-name prospect, its Erickson Lubin who's 18-0 and about to fight for the super welterweight championship of the world. Lubin is fighting champion Jermell Charlo at the Barclays Center on October 14 and recently struck a...
- 9/27/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lil Wayne's got another one ... not a rap hit ... but another huge athlete for his Young Money Apaa Sports & Entertainment Agency, this time signing a champion boxer to the team ... TMZ Sports has learned. Wayne's new kid ain't some no-name prospect, its Jermell Charlo who's 29-0 and already the super welterweight champion of the world. Charlo is fighting Erickson Lubin at the Barclays Center on October 14 and recently struck a pose with Young Money president Mack Maine,...
- 9/24/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ten bottles of Ace of Spades and the best seats in the house at Miami's hottest club -- that's how Future and Nicki Minaj roll on a Sunday, or really ... early Monday morning. The superstars just dropped the video for their collab, "You Da Baddest," and partied at Miami's Story Nightclub with a stacked VIP table ... Young Thug and Mack Maine were there too, on top of the $20k in bubbly. It was a late night.
- 7/31/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nicki Minaj showcased pictures of her alongside Drake, Mack Maine, Future's "You Da Baddest" collab, Trina, Lil Wayne and Asahd Khaled on Instagram.
- 7/29/2017
- by VH1
- VH1.com
Nicki Minaj and Birdman hit up da club together ... and it appears they were looking down on her ex. Nicki and Birdman partied upstairs in the VIP section of Liv in Miami Sunday night. Interestingly -- Meek Mill was there too ... but looked like he was stuck downstairs. He didn't seem to mind, though. Other clubgoers included Mack Maine, Jason Derulo, Yo Gotti, Jim Jones, Adrian Broner, Cortez Bryant and Moneybag Yo. The good news...
- 5/29/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nicki Minaj and Drake have ended the cold war that lasted more than 2 years. Nicki posted a photo of herself and Drake Wednesday morning ... with no caption, but we know what went down before they squashed the beef. Our Young Money sources tell us Drake saw an NFL Network segment on January 8 that featured Lil Wayne and Nicki. Drake immediately called label honcho Mack Maine, and said ... "Why didn't you tell me the family is back?...
- 2/1/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lil Wayne and Birdman didn't just party together on New Year's Eve ... they are trying to reconcile after a nasty fight that has turned into a legal war. We've learned Mack Maine arranged for a phone conference between Wayne and Birdman 2 hours before Drake's party. The 2 discussed their conflict over Young Money and the millions Birdman allegedly owes his protegee. Our sources say both Wayne and Birdman have strong feelings about burying the hatchet. That said,...
- 1/4/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Mack Maine and Birdman just got sued for misidentifying a teenage boy for the kid who drunkenly killed 4 people and dodged jail time. Mark and Becky English claim they were shocked to learn a picture of their 17-year-old son was slapped on the cover of Mack Maine's album, misidentifying him as Ethan Couch. You may recall, Couch got a slap on the wrist -- treatment facility and no jail time -- for driving drunk and killing 4 people.
- 10/29/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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