Ashanti I Angie Martinez IRL Podcast

With her first record deal at 14 and her first album at 21, the musical chemistry between Ashanti and Irv Gotti changed the sound of R&B and cemented Murder Inc in music history. But the public response surrounding Irv’s episode of Drink Champs and The Murder Inc Documentary on BET has brought that relationship back into the public eye.

On In Real Life with Angie Martinez, Ashanti responds with grace, detailing her version of the stories shared, revealing the lessons learned, and the impact it all had on her career.


► Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:29 Knowing what your potential is

03:28 Our circumstances make us who we are

04:22 Living to your highest potential

08:57 Getting a chance to see how much people love her

12:31 People act out of character when they are in pain

15:23 Operating at a different vibration

18:26 Irv encouraging others to not let Ashanti record

19:58 How she wrote the song “Happy”

25:10 Being grateful for Irv despite everything

28:33 People blocking your opportunities

33:59 Mixing business with pleasure

36:04 “If you fuck with Ashanti you don’t fuck with me”

38:01 Being told “I made you"

41:16 Broadway and being Dorthy in the Whiz

43:29 Giving credit for the push but not for making Ashanti

46:18 Clearing some things up

47:40 Angie on women being entitled to say no

49:52 Not feeling defended enough

52:25 Painting her in a bad light rather than acknowledging their label’s accomplishments

55:22 Ashanti on being a private person

1:00:14 What’s next for Ashanti

1:01:44 Her mom and manifesting

1:04:52 New music

1:06:16 Ashanti’s book

1:10:36 Letting success speak for itself


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