How Tall Is Ashanti?

How tall is Ashanti? Ashanti is 5 feet, 3 inches, according to her official IMDB bio, so in terms of height, she’s slightly below average. In most other respects, though, the singer, dancer, actress, and producer is way above average, and over the course of her career, she’s sold millions of records and appeared in dozens of films and TV shows. Born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas on October 13, 1980, this native of Glen Cove, New York, showed tremendous talent from an early age, when she studied at the well-known Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, learning hip-hop, jazz, and tap steps. She later worked as an extra in “Malcolm X” and “Who’s the Man?” and she even worked with Phylicia Rashad — Claire Huxtable herself — in the Disney TV movie “Polly.”

Ashanti’s career really took off in the early ’00s, though, when she linked up with Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc. crew. After singing the hook on Big Pun’s “How We Roll,” she dropped her self-titled solo debut, a chart-topping album that included the smash “Foolish.” As that song climbed the Billboard Hot 100, she was also riding high with Ja Rule’s “Always on Time” and Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” and at one point, all three jams were in the top 10. Ashanti has since grown in stature, if not physical height, and her discography includes four studio albums, those most recent of which, “Braveheart,” dropped in 2014.

How tall is Ashanti compared to other R&B superstars? At 5 feet, 3 inches, Ashanti is on the shorter end of the spectrum, at least compared to Beyonce and Rihanna, who stand 5 feet, 7 inches, and 5 feet, 8 inches, respectively. And then there’s Ciara, who checks in at 5 feet, 10 inches. But as Ashanti has shown, height ain’t nothing but a number, and given that she’s a multi-talented artist with a track record of success in multiple forms of media — her filmography includes “Coach Carter” and “John Tucker Must Die” — she has every right to hold her head high.