Ashanti

Ashanti' consists of Roland Howard, Johnny Jordan, Jonathan Walker, Daryl Gooden, and Jeff Swanagan. This jam "Longin For You" was released in 1981.

Ashanti was first discovered as a teenager and later signed to Murder Inc. Records in 2002. That year, she was featured on Fat Joe's "What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's "Always on Time", both of which became two of the biggest hit songs of 2002. She became the first female artist to occupy the top two positions on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously with "Foolish" and "What's Luv?" at numbers one and two, respectively.

This song, from Ashanti's self-titled debut album, featured a sample of The Gap Band's "Outstanding." -- Watch the official music video for "Happy": www.youtube.com