Ashanti claims producer bought songs for shower sex or was told she would have to pay $40,000 for each song they worked on together
- Ashanti made a startling claim about a producer trying to redeem his songs in exchange for sex during an appearance on The Breakfast Club
- The singer, 42, revealed she was in a ‘crazy situation with a producer’, who initially said he ‘wouldn’t accuse her’ because she was his ‘buddy’.
- To her horror, she said he asked her to “take a shower together”
- “I thought he was joking,” she explained, before saying it was clear he was “very serious” or that he would expect her to pay him “$40,000 per piece”.
Ashanti made a startling claim about a producer trying to redeem his songs in exchange for sex during an appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show.
Speaking to hosts Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee, the 42-year-old singer revealed she’s been in a “crazy situation with a producer”, who she says has worked with her on two records.
After explaining to her that he told her she was his ‘buddy’ and that she ‘wouldn’t charge her’ for two songs they were working on, she said that everything changed when the album was released. .
Disagree: Ashanti made a startling claim about a producer trying to redeem his songs in exchange for sex during an appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show
To her horror, she said he asked her to “take a shower together”, which she thought was a joke.
“I thought he was joking,” she explained, before saying it was clear he was “very serious” or that he would expect her to pay him “$40,000 per piece”.
She continued, “Again, I thought he was joking because, you know, we had been working together for, I don’t know, a few weeks.”
Weird: While talking to hosts Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee, the 42-year-old singer reportedly revealed she was in a ‘crazy situation with a producer’, who she says worked with her on two discs
Scary: After explaining that he told her she was his ‘buddy’ and that she ‘wasn’t going to charge her’ for two songs they were working on, she said everything changed on the way out the scrapbook.
Once she learned he was serious, the star said she had to “make a few phone calls” to get the situation under control.
Ashanti said she plans to elaborate more on the chilling experience in her next documentary, which she is currently working on.
In 2018, during the height of #MeToo, she opened up a bit about sexual harassment, but never said the name of the producer.
Surprising: To her horror, she said he asked her to ‘take a shower together’, which she thought was a joke
She said that once she turned down the producer, who had a “little crush” on her, “all of a sudden the track became $45,000.”
After her family intervened, she said her “apology came” in the form of “three free records”.
“And I mixed and mastered two of them for free,” the Grammy winner added.
Impressive: In April, Ashanti received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after scoring 16 of the Hot 100’s top 40 hits over the past two decades; seen earlier this year
In April, Ashanti received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after scoring 16 of the Hot 100’s top 40 hits over the past two decades.
She has released six albums, with her self-titled debut selling 503,000 copies in its first week of release.
She even became a Guinness World Record holder for the top-selling debut artist (for a woman) for her 2002 record.
