WHO:    Honoree: Ashanti 

Emcee: Hollywood Chamber Chair of the Board, Lupita Sanchez-Cornejo

Guest speakers:  Tichina Arnold and Ja Rule

WHAT:       Dedication of the 2,718^th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category of Recording

WHERE:   7060 Hollywood Boulevard 

WHEN:     Thursday, April 7, at 11:30 A.M. PDT  

The event will be live-streamed exclusively on www.walkoffame.com 

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that Grammy Award-winning artist Ashanti will be honored with the 2,718th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, April 7, at 11:30 a.m. PDT. The star will be dedicated in the category of Recording at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard.

“Ashanti is an award-winning singer, author, actress and executive producer. She has proven her talent in many different Hollywood industries and is an   example for young girls who want to be in the ‘biz’” stated Ana Martinez, Hollywood Walk of Fame Producer.

Joining Emcee Lupita Sanchez-Cornejo to unveil the star will be actress Tichina Arnold and artist Ja Rule. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which administers the popular star ceremonies, encourages people who are unable to attend and fans around the world to watch the event exclusively on www.walkoffame.com.

Ashanti is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actress and author. She burst onto the music scene with her 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 and set a SoundScan record as the most albums sold by any debut female artist in the chart’s history, granting her a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, which she still holds today.

Ashanti has released six studio albums and received eight Billboard Awards, a Grammy, two American Music Awards, two Soul Train Awards, six ASCAP Awards, and many illustrious honors. Ashanti has continued to reign at the top as one of Billboard’s “Top Females of the Decade from 2000-2010” and continues to break Billboard records as having a Hot 100 entry in the 2000’s, 2010’s and 2020’s.

In 2005, Ashanti made her telefilm debut starring as Dorothy in The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, opposite Miss Piggy and Kermit. She also starred in the Disney-animated series The Proud Family and continued to receive roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Army Wives, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and portrayed Dionne Warwick on NBC’s American Dreams. She has also played herself and performed on the hit TV series Vegas.

Her first feature film, Coach Carter, was a #1 box-office hit. Ashanti’s other film credits include Resident Evil Extinction, John Tucker Must Die and Bollywood film Bride & Prejudice. Ashanti executive-produced and starred in the musical drama and feature film STUCK, released April 2019.  She also executive-produced the feature film Mothers and Daughters, starring Sharon Stone, Susan Sarandon, Mira Sorvino and more.

Ashanti recently starred in Honey Girls, in partnership with Build-A-Bear Entertainment and Sony Pictures and will soon begin filming The Plus One in April 2022, that she will star in and executive produce.

Ashanti has built her brand with several major partnerships and has her own fragrance, "Precious Jewel" with AMC Beauty. Her endorsements include Herbal Essences, where she is the first African American to land a national campaign, and Candies Apparel. She launched her clothing line in collaboration with Miss Circle and partnered with Pretty Little Thing to create her own swimsuit line “Ashanti.”

She has written her first book of poetry through Hyperion titled Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love and will release a book with Harper Collins in May 2022.

Ashanti is the Ambassador for the Jumpstart Reading Program and became the “Youth of the Year” Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club of America in 2009 and was also inducted into their Hall of Fame. She became a member of their "BE GREAT" Campaign with Denzel Washington, was also a part of the “Let’s Move” campaign with Michelle Obama.

Recently, Ashanti made history again as the first, Black female artist to partner and be a co-founder of a Web3 tech company, EQ Exchange.