American singer and song-writer, Ashanti, who tested positive for Coronavirus in December has recovered from the disease.
The 40-year-old singer, born, Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas broke the good news to her fans while revealing that her parents also tested negative as well.
“Starting off the new year amazing and COVID free!!! Got my negative results back 2 days ago! Happy New Year y’all!!! Let’s go 202WON! Thankugod!,” she announced.
“Feeling grateful. My parents and I got our negative results back right in time to start off the New Year healthy, happy & loved.
“Wishing y’all all an Amazing 202WON,’ she added, along with several emojis and the hashtag #grateful.”
Ashanti was everywhere in the early days of her career. She ruled the charts in 2002 and 2003 when she was signed to Murder Inc. Records. She had one solo No. 1 hit with Foolish and one as a featured artiste on Ja Rule‘s Always on Time, both in 2002.
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She has been nominated for eight Grammys in her career, winning one for best contemporary R&B album in 2003 for Ashanti. In 2002 she won numerous Billboard Music Awards, including female artist of the Year, R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the year, and top new pop artist of the year.
She even broke a Guinness World Record, selling 504,593 copies of Ashanti in its first week, a record for a female artist at the time. Her follow-up albums, Chapter II and Concrete Rose, each went platinum.
But the singer suddenly fell off the radar after all those accolades. It’s been 11 years since the singer dropped an album (2014’s Braveheart). However, she has earned a decent living behind the camera as an actress, she also ventured into business. As we patiently await new music from the singer, it appears she is doing just fine.