Ashanti is a mega-famous vocalist, who even counted Michael Jackson as a fan.

“I used to be tremendous excited to carry out at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. He flew me and my crew in on a jet,”  the “Solely U” singer, 42, completely recollects within the newest subject of Us Weekly. “I didn’t meet him that day, however I did communicate to him on the telephone later. That was fairly iconic.”

Jackson — who died in 2009 on the age of fifty — had invited Ashanti to his California residence in 2003, the place she carried out a canopy of his track “Rock With You.” Ashanti later sampled Jackson’s “The Woman Is Mine” on her 2008 single, “Good Good.”

Ashanti’s run-in with the King of Pop isn’t the one factor that followers won’t find out about her. Maintain studying for extra enjoyable information:

1. I’m dying to go to Ghana — as a result of it’s so superb and that’s the place my identify originates from — Greece and the Maldives.

2. My secret abilities are that I can sing opera and push water by means of my enamel whereas smiling.

3. My first automotive was a 1990 Nissan Sentra. It was my grandmother’s.

4. The brief time frame that I used to be in faculty, I needed to main in enterprise and minor in forensic science.

5. I used to be in English Honors lessons. I at all times favored to write down.

6. My favourite wardrobe merchandise is a belt for that additional waste cinch.

7. A few of my favourite books are A Raisin within the Solar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

8. On Saturday nights, 9 occasions out of 10, I’m on a stage someplace. 

9. On Sunday afternoons, I’m largely possible on a flight leaving from a live performance or on the best way to a different one.

10. My favourite room is my bed room as a result of I hardly see it anymore, That’s the place me and my Franchise kick it probably the most.

11. My movie star crushes rising up have been Massive Daddy Kane and Ginuwine.

12. I used to be tremendous excited to carry out at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. He flew me and my crew in on a jet. I didn’t meet him that day, however I did communicate to him on the telephone later. That was fairly iconic.

13. I favored working on the daycare heart after I was in highschool, so for an alternate career, I’d [do] one thing like that.

14. I simply completed a brand new report referred to as “We Made Up,” produced by ATL Jacob. It’s loaded with many private recollections.

15. My favourite responsible pleasure TV exhibits are The Actual Housewives of Atlanta, Married at First Sight and Love Is Blind.

16. I’m a pescatarian, however I solely eat fish a few times each few months.

17. I’m actually making an attempt my hardest to change into a straight vegetarian. I’m virtually there.

18. My go-to karaoke track is “State of affairs” by A Tribe Referred to as Quest.

19. To decompress, I take a super-hot bathe, then hit the sauna and soften into my mattress.

20. The one magnificence product I can’t stay with out is Aura Physique Butter by Spouse of Creation.

21. My perfect consolation meals is Caribbean meals: rice and peas.

22. The Coloration Purple and The Pocket book are two of my favourite films.

23. My favourite meal to cook dinner is cabbage, candy corn, cauliflower rice and fried fish.

24. My go-to mantra is constructive vitality. The whole lot occurs for a purpose; the celebrities are aligning completely for my journey.

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25. I had probably the most [incredible] time at Bermuda Carnival. It poured rain, and I danced on the street with the individuals, so it was such an incredible expertise.