When your career goes to the crapper, there’s always reality TV that would break your fall. R&B singer and sometime actress Ashanti is the latest to pretty much nail her coffin shut on any chance of getting her music career back on track by signing a deal to produce and star in her own reality TV show. Her mother and manager Tina Douglas says “It’s an unscripted television show that is definitely music related. We’ll be revealing more in the coming weeks. She has her own record label, called Written Entertainment, and the show is going to revolve around her label… It’s going to be really big.” Right.
Nelly and Ashanti are ‘definitely very much still together’.
The ‘Hot in Here’ rapper and ‘Foolish’ singer – who have been romantically linked since 2003 – are still reported to be dating, despite rumours they had split up earlier this month.
Reports their relationship had ended emerged when Ashanti was quoted as saying, “I’m dating my new album, and no-one else”, but the 27-year-old singer has since insisted she was misquoted.
A source close to the couple said: “Nelly and Ashanti are very happy. They are definitely very much still together.”
Earlier this year, Ashanti hinted she wanted to marry the 33-year-old musician. When asked if she was engaged to Nelly, Ashanti held up her left hand to show a bare ring finger and laughed: “Oh no. Noooo! No engagement. But definitely in the future. Ha ha!”
She added: “Me and Nelly, we’re good friends. We kick it – hang out a lot. The industry is very hard, so it’s good to have fun and lighten it up.”
Earlier this week, it was claimed Nelly was dating British soul singer Joss Stone, who was said to be “smitten” with the rapper. The reports have not been confirmed.
R&B singer Ashanti attended to the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9th and to an After-Party at TAO club in Las Vegas hosted by Jermaine Dupri with boyfriend rapper Nelly.
Ashanti will visit the US show “Live With Regis & Kelly” on Monday, September 17th to promote her upcoming movie “Resident Evil: Extinction” which hits theaters on September 21st.
Ashanti’s fourth studio album entitled “The Declaration” is set for release now on December 4th. This is the official follow up to “Concrete Rose” released in 2004.